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In reply to the discussion: Please stop about the pedestrian bridge collapse [View all]MaryMagdaline
(7,934 posts)This is an issue of safety, which is political issue. It's one of the reasons I support unions, worker's rights, consumer rights. It's one of the reasons I am a Democrat.
I live in South Florida and I live with the consequences of cheap labor, bought-off politicians and building inspectors, all types of criminality. The contractors show up at major projects with undocumented workers so that they can pay them less than American workers, and they (the contractors) cut corners every which way they can.
This bridge collapse was not an accident. Behind it all will be cheap materials, low-paid wages, a Miami-Dade Commissioner who was bought off, etc., etc.
THE REASON THESE COMPANIES GET THE BIDS IS BECAUSE THEY OUT-CHEAP THEIR COMPETITORS.
Hold their feet to the fire. I am sorry if an innocent contractor loses his reputation/ he needs to think about his reputation before the fact, not after people are dead.
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