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Martin and Nona Brazier

Martin and Nona Brazier

Article | Institute for Justice

When IJ launched its case, Martin and Nona Brazier owned a recycling company and a construction firm based in Seattle.

November 9, 1993 | Economic Liberty

Davis Bacon Act

Removing Barriers to Opportunity: A Constitutional Challenge to The Davis-Bacon Act

Tyrone Dash of Seattle owned and operated his own company, T&S Construction, from 1984 to 1990. But he was forced into bankruptcy because of a law passed in 1931 that requires him to pay his workers a set amount, the “prevailing wage,” on nearly all federally funded construction projects, regardless of the workers’ individual skill…

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