Because he's such a compassionate conservative, the President has just signed an executive order authorizing federal contractors in Katrina-affected states to pay substandard wages. Federal law requires that contractors pay workers at least prevailing wages in the area where work is conducted.
Now all those displaced and poor, out-of-a-job people looking for work in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina can get a fresh start and taken advantage of at the same time! What a great strategy to revitalize the inevitably devistated southern economy.
CNN: Bush lifts wage rules for Katrina
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