U.S.A.Bridges and Roads Being Built by Chinese Firms

Obama giving American Jobs to Chinese, and ABC is reporting this, watch video from ABC news...
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/us-brid ... t=14594944

Disgusting but not surprising. They'll probably use substandard concrete just to spite us.

Hey, anything to let those ol' "job creators" get a government contract and sub-contract to the cheapest labor they can find. (Of course the Dems are looking to close the loophole... And we'll see which party votes against closing the loophole, so the job-creators can continue to make more profits at the expense of the U.S. work force...)

Do you know how Africa handles situations like this? They hold the foreign workers hostage.

How embarrasing is that? American companies can't even compete with Chinese companies in our own house due to excessive regulation.

Nice try, but it's not "excessive regulation" that's driving the Chinese subcontracting... If they're building roads & bridges they have the same regulations... This is about cheaper labor.

But whatever melts your butter....

Or the Chinese low bid the projects just to get their foot in the door. I would think during the Obama recession, the US contractors would have really sharpened their pencils on quotes.

outdoor338 wrote: Obama giving American Jobs to Chinese

Didn't hear or see anything in that video that stated Obama giving away jobs to China did you? More like the STATES are in control of who gets the job.

California decided not to apply for federal funding for the project because the “Buy America” provisos would probably have required purchasing more expensive steel and fabrication from United States manufacturers.

The assembly work in California, and the pouring of the concrete road surface, will be done by Americans. But construction of the bridge decks and the materials that went into them are a Made in China affair. California officials say the state saved hundreds of millions of dollars by turning to China.

In New York City alone, Chinese companies have won contracts to help renovate the subway system, refurbish the Alexander Hamilton Bridge over the Harlem River and build a new Metro-North train platform near Yankee Stadium. As with the Bay Bridge, American union labor would carry out most of the work done on United States soil.

So fabricated in China and built in US by (GASP!!) Union workers.

Despite the American union complaints, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, strongly backed the project and even visited Zhenhua’s plant last September, praising “the workers that are building our Bay Bridge.”

A republican allowed this?? (but he is a RINO right?)

Safety?

To ensure the bridge meets safety standards, 250 employees and consultants working for the state of California and American Bridge/Fluor also took up residence in Shanghai.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

Isn't it amazing how many things done by Republican governors suddenly flow back to Obama? I stubbed my toe last night, and I'm sure it was his fault....

LadyJazzer wrote: Isn't it amazing how many things done by Republican governors suddenly flow back to Obama? I stubbed my toe last night, and I'm sure it was his fault....

No it's Bush's fault... you know that... it's your favorite phrase.

LadyJazzer wrote: Isn't it amazing how many things done by Republican governors suddenly flow back to Obama? I stubbed my toe last night, and I'm sure it was his fault....

Did you hear the Republican controlled Administrion of the STATE of Kansas wants to hire illegal immigrants? No word from the righties on that one huh? Must be Obama's fault.

http://285bound.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17781