The Objections to the Walsh-Healy Act of 1936,which Mandated "Prevailing

question 25

Multiple Choice

The objections to the Walsh-Healy Act of 1936,which mandated "prevailing wages" in government employment,

• A) concerned the tendency of government wages to undercut those of the private sector.
• B) came from the labor unions.
• C) held that unemployment would be maintained artificially high.
• D) held that payment of prevailing wages would reduce the national debt too slowly.

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