hk wrote:
BAR wrote:
Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:38:49 -0500, Boater wrote:

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:57:13 -0500, hk wrote:

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:33:45 -0500, hk wrote:

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:39:12 -0600, thunder

wrote:

This time around, I believe most of the moneys will be to
private sector employers. When FDR started the WPA, he was on
new ground. Obama has the advantage of 70 years of
hindsight. Hopefully, it will work out.
Beware - remember The Big Dig. :)
Indeed, work at the Big Dig was performed by private-sector
contractors, under the supervision of Bechtel Corporation and
Parsons Brinckerhoff.

Other large corporate managers and contractors included Jay
Cashman, Modern Continental, Obayashi Corporation, Perini
Corporation, Peter Kiewit Sons' Incorporated, J.F. White, and
the Slattery division of Skanska USA.
All under the Supervision of the Massachuetts Executive Office of
Transportation and Public Works, Massachusetts Highway Department,
Massachuetta Turnpike Authority, Boston Redevelopment Authority,
Boston Inspectional Services, Massachuetts Bay Transportation
Authority, Public Works and the Federal Department of
Transportation.
Great job.
So, the corporations ripped off the taxpayers, and the
governmental overseers were not good enough to prevent it. I agree.
More like both of them ripped off the taxpayer - the featherbedding
and employment and pay considerations imposed on the corporations were
onerous and extreme.

Well, then...there is no difference between the private and public
sector.

And I would suggest that if the government had stayed out of it, it
would have come in under budget and on time.

Private industry thrives on performance bonuses.


Like wall street....

We know union members abhor performance bonuses, it screws up next years
contract negotiations.