"ray" <xxxrayted@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <MUaqj.3871$uE.3545@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "M.Butzin" <mfbutzin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> > During discussions with my father--a union bricklayer, he often
brings
>> > up the same rap. "You wouldn't make what you make today if no for
>> > unions." I reply by telling him I wouldn't have to make what I make
>> > today if unions didn't get involved.
>> >
>> > I told him I could work for half of what I work for today if he did
the
>> > same. The homes and buildings he worked on would be half of today's
>> > price. Therefore, I could afford one of the homes he built on half
of
>> > what I make today.
>>
>> And it could be shoddy and not worth as much, due to poor workman****p.
>> And
>> you wouldn't be getting $1200 a month for those rentals either.
>
>
> I'm not getting that now.
>
>
>> > The unions only brought on a domino effect, and it continues today.
>> > Why
>> > do you think government is so expensive? Government jobs are all
>> > union,
>> > and when they need work done by an outside company, they have to hire
>> > union companies.
>>
>> No they have to hire the lowest bidder. It's the law and no longer does
>> the
>> government pay for R&D.
>
>
> Not where I live. Up here, they either hire union or a minority owned
> company. I wish the jobs went to the highest bidder.
Ray,
The US government HAS to hire lowest bidder, not highest bidder. Your
misinformed about how the "bid process" works.
>
> --
> All saints have a past--all sinners have a future
>
> Ronald Reagan


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