David Bonior Prior to Bush's Speech -- worth reading

[JDPriestly]

Whatever apologies and promises the President makes publicly tonight, we know to whom he's pledged his allegiance behind closed doors: Big business.

"While first responders, volunteers, and Americans donating money and supplies continued to stand in the gap between natural disaster and slow government response, President Bush moved swiftly last week to suspend the application of the Davis-Bacon Act, the federal law that sets a minimum pay scale for workers on federal contracts by requiring employers to pay the prevailing or average wage in the region. Enacted during the Depression era, the Act was designed to protect workers in desperate need of employment from profiteering contractors who could take advantage of their vulnerability.

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"President Bush's recovery plans constitute nothing less than a shameful, government-sponsored race-to-the-bottom for the working families of the Gulf Coast.

Do we really want to lock poverty into the recovery? Americans have answered that question by making sacrifices and caring for those affected by the hurricane a top priority. And just like those left behind in New Orleans, we're still waiting for the President to do the same.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=53464

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