Sunday, April 7, 2013

Government didn't build that.

In fact nobody did. I wonder where all those job creators were.
The Department of Homeland Security campus might have gotten built by 2021 under last year's projections;  maybe we should get the volunteer organizations together and make the homeland a quilt.
Engineering News-Record via Glass Magazine:
The Associated General Contractors of America released a 24-page sequestration report in February, providing a closer look at the construction segments that would feel the budget reductions the most. While several government construction arenas are exempt— the Highway Trust Fund, the Airport Improvement Program, Department of Veterans Affairs accounts, and General Services Administration accounts—the impact of the cuts on other parts of governmental construction spending could be severe, and could cause a ripple effect of slowed spending throughout the economy, according to the report. The sequestration cuts to construction for this fiscal year “could put some 114,000 jobs, $13.6 billion in GDP and $4.4 billion in personal income at risk,” according to the report. 

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