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. :)

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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.

And of course, let's not forget the incredible cost overruns and
screwups of the private corporate contractors in Iraq.

My wife was offered a job in Iraq by her company. She was going to get
over $300,000 a year to go set up earth stations. All of her living
expenses were going to be paid too. You had to air lift or fast boat
most building supplies into Iraq too. And, what wasn't stolen did leave
you much to work with.

Bitch all you want about the costs but, you have to understand why it
cost so much.