AWF Will Rate Tax Extenders Act, Davis-Bacon Expansion
AWF Will Rate “NO” Vote on HR 6049
Extenders Package Expands the Davis-Bacon Act
Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) urges all Congressmen to oppose the application and expansion of prevailing wage Davis-Bacon requirements and VOTE NO on H.R. 6049, the “Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008.”
It is clearly stated in Section 106 of H.R. 6049, page 51:
“Subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code, shall apply to projects financed with the proceeds of any tax credit bond (as defined in section 54A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986).”
CHAPTER 31 OF TITLE 40 USC IS THE DAVIS BACON ACT. This is a direct expansion of the Davis-Bacon Act. This flawed, Depression-era wage subsidy law must be repealed or fixed. Wages should NOT be determined by outdated, underfunded Wage and Hour Division (WHD) self-reported surveys.
„« Current WHD surveys have a 100% error rate as identified by the Office of Inspector General.
„« Current WHD methods used inflate wages on average by 22%.
„« Current WHD methods inflate construction costs by 9.91%.
„« Current WHD methods raise public construction costs by $8.6 billion per year nation-wide.
AWF Will Rate “NO” Vote on the Extenders Package which expands flawed wage subsidies
Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) special project of Americans for Tax Reform dedicated to the protection of workers rights.
For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact John Kartch at (202) 785-0266 or at jkartch@atr.org.
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