Matthew and Julie Bos wrote: > On 10/1/05 8:18 PM, "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If $9/hr isn¹t going to attract skilled labor, isn't the absence of >> a low limit going to keep them away in droves? > > You may have to pay people more than the prevailing wage to get down > there. DBA sets the wage in a locality. I just think it's weird > that > everybody thinks the wages will immediately plummet to $5.15. The > market price has yet to be set. If restrictions in supply caused > prices to go down, we wouldn't be paying $3 dollars a gallon now > wouldn't we?
I know what you are saying. Electricians in NO make $22.09 /hr. This is comparable with Houston and is a fair wage for skilled electrical work in the commecial enviroment here in a Southern city. Compare that with the $40.00/hr electricians get in parts of California. (Can you say real estate crash......I thought you could!) The fear is that some contractors will try for $9/hr, (and some guys with a pair of kliens and a screwdriver will hire on), and *get* contracts. There is fear because *these* guys will get *real* electricians killed later on........if the place doesn't burn down first. (You have to take my word on how excrebly bad some of the electrical work I have seen is. The scumbucket class of contractors will try to get by without permits or inspection of any kind and that is a recipe for disaster.) > >> If contractors can get really cheap labor, by what mechanism do >> they >> pass those savings on to the government? > > The government "saves" money by accepting the lowest bid. The > contractor "saves" money by not getting the best people to do the > work done right the first time. I have never "saved" money by using > a cheap bid. That¹s why I usually get five bids so I can throw a > couple out. I "save" money by getting my stuff done on time, and on > budget. Most of the time by union labor might I add. Good for you. Really! That is the responsible way to accept bids! > >> What the f**k is so great about Halliburton? Every time I turn >> around they're being charged with ripping us off. > > Nothing really. They just have big toys and get to do big things > that I have a hard time contemplating. Sometimes they make a lot of > money and sometimes they lose it. They are the governmental > contract > equivalent of Wal-Mart. Nobody likes them either. > You and I seem to be on converging paths here.<G> xponent Not Just Wages Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
