In the middle of the depression Washington instituted a law to restrict the hiring of Black workers that was ostensibly promoted to pay labor "prevailing wages" The law came about as one of the most troubling things to come out of the depression. Its major sponsor wanted to keep out "colored" workers who would depress the wages of union workers.
In the Northridge earthquake in California, Governor Wilson got things done because he suspended a series of these types of requirements so that repairs could take place. But not the Bush administration - they now want to reinstitute Davis Bacon (read union pork) for the Gulf Coast. I just do not get it. Does Bush believe in the market? Does Bush oppose quotas?
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