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Bill would give Guam base expansion jobs to U.S. workers, but at hefty cost
In the midst of a recession that has cost millions of Americans their jobs, a massive military construction project on the U.S. territory of Guam is provoking a unique debate that boils down to this deceptively simple question: Should the government be more concerned about creating jobs or minding the taxpayers’ money?
At the center of the debate is one of the biggest construction projects on the U.S. government’s “to do” list: a roughly $15 billion military base expansion that is expected to require some 20,000 construction workers starting next year. Guamanian Americans will fill some of the jobs, but most are expected to go to foreign workers from the Philippines, China, and South Korea.
I suggest this waste be put so far onto the back burner that it winds up in the freezer. We need some $15 billion dollar construction projects right here and now. We do not need a bigger base in Guam or anywhere else.
I suggest this waste be put so far onto the back burner that it winds up in the freezer. We need some $15 billion dollar construction projects right here and now. We do not need a bigger base in Guam or anywhere else.
Maybe eventually we will see one of those "shovel-ready" jobs Obama promised 9 months ago.
Maybe eventually we will see one of those "shovel-ready" jobs Obama promised 9 months ago.
That would be nice. However: "Guamanian Americans will fill some of the jobs, but most are expected to go to foreign workers from the Philippines, China, and South Korea."
We are being kicked out of the bases in Japan, so they are building a new one in Guam.
Since we're being somewhat forced out of Japan, Guam is a good replacement. $15 Billion well-spent if you ask me. Although, I do hope the jobs go to American construction workers. I imagine that they'll have no problem filling those positions, considering the willingness of American's to go to Iraq to help rebuild.
Since we're being somewhat forced out of Japan, Guam is a good replacement. $15 Billion well-spent if you ask me. Although, I do hope the jobs go to American construction workers. I imagine that they'll have no problem filling those positions, considering the willingness of American's to go to Iraq to help rebuild.
Obama, is that you? You are a clever one, hiding behind the moniker of a so called conservative.
Since we're being somewhat forced out of Japan, Guam is a good replacement. $15 Billion well-spent if you ask me. Although, I do hope the jobs go to American construction workers. I imagine that they'll have no problem filling those positions, considering the willingness of American's to go to Iraq to help rebuild.
If it is built by Americans, it will cost $10 billion more. It's in the article.
Leftist RINO talk: "Government spending is bad, unless it's all about the military industrial complex. Then it's an investment.". On the bright side, at least we'd be building the base on a US territory and avoid some entangling alliances, just as Washington warned us and we pay the price today for.
wouldn't it only cost more if that democratic bill went through, which paid triple wages? there are plenty of americans here who are working for 11.70 an hour or less.
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