GOP senators press Biden to rescind pro-labor construction order

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5. Oh no! Qualified contractors can compete only by paying their employees less

Do these folks even listen to themselves? If a contractor is "qualified," that means the contractor has to pay the employees a living wage. Aren't the workers worth their wage? Who gives the best quality effort on a job: The barely-scraping-by worker petrified of being fired or the properly-compensated professional who can work with confidence?

Republicans like to go to bat for the big cheeses in the corner offices, claiming that companies can be competitive only if they're willing to compensate the executives at the highest scale. Why doesn't that logic apply (or "trickle down" if you will) to the employees doing the actual work of the company?