Republicanism at its worst. This is "the race to the bottom!"

Will we rise up in indignation and stop this outrage? *crickets chirping*

Here's a thought.

Maybe we need international trade agreements with enforceable labor standards. Other countries could take our government entities and corporations before tribunals and force America to pay decent fair living wages and force us to recognize basic worker rights as human rights - the right of free assembly, the right to collective bargaining, the right to organize, the right to form and join a union...

Just a thought.

We still have 'our American exceptionalism', don't we?

First one is, would this adversely affect the quality of work done on the projects?

Second is that I sincerely hope not a single union member helped vote in those idiots.

Third is that since union jobs are currently such a low percentage of all jobs, most people won't think this applies to them.

is the Republican compulsion to not increase taxes and revenues.

Of course, over time expenses go up, people earn raises, costs of products go up. The Republicans cut taxes or pledged not to raise taxes, and now they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. Voters now oppose having their taxes raised (you promised!) but they don't want their services (the ones they use) cut. So no raises, spend less, and provide only the most necessary (politically expedient) services.

The Republicans are bent on destroying our expectations of government, and they are very close. Government is "dysfunctional, bloated, uncontrollable, costly, burdensome - mostly replaceable with private sector, for-profit business entities."

We have lost our collective will for the common good, the general welfare, what government can do best - without profit - and for all.

We'll see if the political pendulum will start to swing left now - or just how right can it go?