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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national association representing 23,000 merit shop construction and construction-related firms in 79 chapters across the United States.

ABC is a constituent of the OBL. They cavort with the Dems and RINO's to get access to more illegals, but then find out that the Dems find a special way to screw them. ABC probably is looking now for the conservative Republicans to save them from the bad Democrats. If you sleep with Kennedy, ABC, don't be surprised with what you wake up with.

Their position on immigration:

The Senate is scheduled to act on comprehensive immigration reform early in 2006, and all prominent reform measures in the Senate is comprehensive, taking into account border security, internal enforcement and a legal channel through which to secure foreign workers.

Hey, remeber that the position can be made that the AGC (Associated General Contractors, the older, and more predominately union counterpart to the ABC)is a shill to big labor. I know them both and could care less about the messenger. The message is the same.

Applying a 15% cost impact to the 80% of the 900 Billion in annual construction not subject to the Davis-Bacon act prevailing wage programs currently means that US construction across the board could increase in cost by 50 to 100 Billion if the impact can be estimated at all.

I know, I know, we contractors are all polluters, union shills, non-union scabs, crooks, shoddy project builders, etc, etc. Forget all that for a moment and ask yourself, do I want to see an instant impact on real estate, housing and development that is on the order of 5 to 20% hit all at once?