Most small construction firms cannot afford to operate under Davis-Bacon's rigid job classifications or hire the staff of lawyers and accountants needed to fill out the extensive paperwork required to bid on a federal contract.
Impact of Davis-Bacon on small construction firms' ability to compete.
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I think we can get out of our mess by having people really read the Constitution and obey it.
But under war time conditions, people generally get more careless about their civil liberties.
The greatest danger when we accept the notion that the government is supposed to take care of us from cradle to grave and we're supposed to be the policemen of the world is that ultimately it's down at the expense of personal liberty.