[kittymyrib]

BO failed to mention that under his punishing rule, women have stayed employed at a higher rate than men, who have borne the brunt of the unemployment caused by his lack of business experience. But the Marxist community organizer probably is gloating at sticking it to his betters since he is our Victim-in-Chief.

[Vermont Lt]

I have never worked in a place where women got a different hourly rate than men.

However, when a woman takes a quarter of the year off to have a baby, and take her medical leave, when she comes back she gets 3/4’s of the same rate of raise as a man.

If she has three kids, I can see where the math works against them.

HOWEVER, I could never understand why people (men and women) would think they should get a full raise based on the fact they were home for a quarter of the year. They shouldn’t lose their job, and I don’t have a problem with them having babies, but they are also not contributing to the success of the company when they are gone.

We always welcome them back and I love having someone fully trained and ready to go when they arrive back. But, in our case, they collected a partial salary when they were out.

As a man I cannot do that.

So, I vote to give them equal raises if I get to take 26 weeks off, with reduced pay, during the period from age 25 to 40.

Deal?

[Pearls Before Swine]

This isn’t about statistics. The statistics have been debunked many times, and show objectively that for age, education, and experience adjusted equivalent jobs, there is no difference.

This is about appealing to a victim-based interest group, regardless of whether or not there is any valid issue. What bigger interest group can you get than 50% of the population? The problem is, the asshat can say these things using the bully pulpit of the Presidency and free air time. It’s all about the votes.

[Vaquero]

[pnh102]

My wife works 24/7 as a stay-at-home-mom with our 2 young kids and gets paid 100% less than I do. I must be evil.

[CPOSharky]

(Men don’t get a month.)

Straight, white, christian males don't get anything except all the blame.

[shibumi]

From a thread you started on December 30, 2010:

"OK, thanks. I wasn’t aware of this when I ran into the 300-word limit. I assumed that it was for all blog content. So I apologize for my misunderstanding and it won’t happen again."

That post was from you, written to me, on the subject of excerpting your own work on FreeRepublic.

So, either you've got a really short memory, or you were being disingenuous and are really just a pimp at heart.

Which is it?

[Texas Eagle]

“Today, women still earn on average only about 75 cents for every dollar a man earns. That’s a huge discrepancy.” He called this “troubling.”

What happened? Did I fall asleep and wake up 40 years ago?

[Texas Eagle]

Mr Obama said, “Today, women still earn on average only about 75 cents for every dollar a man earns. That’s a huge discrepancy.” He called this “troubling.”

"Uh-huh. You KNOW it."

[Texas Eagle]

Thus, Mr Obama, while quoting a (more or less) accurate statistic gave it the wrong interpretation; and not just the wrong interpretation, but one that is exactly the opposite of the truth.

That's the key to translating Obonics into English. Take whatever he says and reverse it a la Willy Wonka.

[Uri’el-2012]

Facts do not matter to communist street agitators.

[Cheerio]

“Today, women still earn on average only about 75 cents for every dollar a man earns. That’s a huge discrepancy.”

Is is just possible that 50% of the population is female and of those working perhaps up to 50% of the female work force goes in and out of pregnacy? Might that detract from their continuous earnings, say compared to a male who stays on the job everyday of the year, year in and year out for their lifetime?

[MichiganConservative]

This 75 cents on the dollar thing is a total lie.

Men work more hours. Men work more lucrative jobs. Men work more dangerous jobs.

Even in professions such as lawyer or doctor, women work fewer hours.

The shortage of doctors we have in the USSA is partly attributable to the increase in the number of women doctors.

They took a seat that would have gone to a man. Then when she gets the degree, she is more likely to work part time or quit to raise her kids.

More of the fallout from the marxist feminist revolution.

[Boogieman]

“Thus, Mr Obama, while quoting a (more or less) accurate statistic”

Considering this same statistic has been offered by feminists, unchanged and without attribution, for decades, I’d say it’s definitely less than accurate.