Why were the Davis-Bacon and Walsh-Healy acts enforced?
A) To prohibit employees in different types of jobs from demanding overtime premium payment after 40 hours per week
B) To pay wages lower than those paid in the local area or industry for jobs like government contract construction work or producing manufactured goods for the federal government
C) To impose fines on the firms that encouraged employees to work beyond 40 hours per week
D) To stimulate expanded employment and take wages out of competition for federal government work

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The Davis-Bacon and Walsh-Healy acts were enforced to ensure fair wages on federal contracts by requiring contractors and subcontractors to pay their laborers and mechanics at least the prevailing wages in the area where the project is located. This was intended to stimulate expanded employment by taking wages out of competition, ensuring that companies could not underbid each other based on paying lower wages, thus stabilizing the construction industry and manufacturing jobs related to federal contracts.

Why Were the Davis-Bacon and Walsh-Healy Acts Enforced