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Is Obama's jobs bill just for unions?

It was just announced by the Labor Department that the "Davis Bacon" rules will apply to jobs created by Obama's jobs bill...these rules require companies receiving money from Obama's jobs bill WILL use unions or at least pay prevailing union wages to their employees. This will pretty much knock any small business' out of benefiting from this jobs bill. The same thing happened with the 787 billion dollar stimulus bill but few people knew this. Is this just another scam to pay unions back for their support?

http://news.yahoo.com/did-president-obam%E2%80%A6

http://www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-%E2%80%A6

http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/di%E2%80%A6

In President Obama's joint session speech I heard him talk about small business being the backbone of this country so why will these jobs be going to big corporations?

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    10 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Money for Cops Education and "infrastructure construction " are just code words for , lets extort money from the tax payers and pay off our union base and political cronies, using other peoples money

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    the only element solid approximately that bill is it extends unemployment advantages. The momentary shape jobs have been tried with the different 800 billion and in straightforward terms coated the wallet of the union masters. i'm hoping the residing house keeps to be solid and votes down this bullshit bill.

  • WJ
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    It's the loot productive workers to pay for unions act of 2011.

  • 10 years ago

    Of course. That's why Hoffa gave him an ultimatum the day before. Make no mistake, the message was for Obama, not the Tea Party.

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I imagine once people read the bill, it will have a lot of "GOTCHA" crud in it.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Mis information, it will help both big and small business as well. Small business will benefit because they are the ones that provide support and supply the bigger business with many items that they need

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    No. It will be for illegal construction workers also.

    Don't hire them. wink wink wink

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    no did you not listen to the speech..or did you just here what you wanted to here

  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    so

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    no

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