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Re:India has launched a 648MW solar power plant by yummyfajitas on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @09:12AM (#13070812)
In the olden days of semi-free markets, some government contractors were hiring black people since they were cheaper than white people and just as effective. The work got done for cheap, but just think of the social consequences!

Senators Davis and Bacon wanted to prevent this kind of race to the bottom, so they passed the Davis Bacon act. Davis Bacon is still on the books and massively drives up the cost of many projects.

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Re:India has launched a 648MW solar power plant by denzil_correa on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @09:49AM (#13071140)
> Davis Bacon is still on the books and massively drives up the cost of many projects.

Currently, is it discriminatory? It seems to me like a min. wage for work concept.

I don't see anything here about "getting the job done".

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Re:India has launched a 648MW solar power plant by mspeedy on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @11:16AM (#13071910)
According to the wiki, it was discriminatory at the time because it generally meant that only union workers would get federal construction jobs, and unions did not admit African-Americans. As this is no longer the case with unions, it should in theory no longer be discriminatory - just wasteful.
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Re:India has launched a 648MW solar power plant by jjawssd on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @10:23AM (#13071411)
Still waiting for an explanation other than "white people caused this"
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Re:India has launched a 648MW solar power plant by Lagged2Death on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @11:13AM (#13071880)
Entitled to an education, are we?
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Re:India has launched a 648MW solar power plant by jjawssd on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @11:45AM (#13072205)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9foi342LXQE
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