Posted on 07/30/2008 7:03:17 PM PDT by RightSideNews
The proper role of government is to provide equal opportunity for all, not preferential treatment for any one particular group. Comparable worth is a warped social theory and all U.S. legislatures and courts that have considered it have rejected it for that very reason.
The Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338), introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) in the House and by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in the Senate, would amend the Equal Pay Act (EPA) to allow for unlimited compensatory and punitive damages, even if a disparity in pay is determined to be unintentional. It would also require the Department of Labor to replace its successful approach to detecting pay discrimination with a failed methodology that was abandoned years ago because it had a 93 percent false positive rate.
H.R. 1338 would unjustly amend the Equal Pay Act in the following ways:
Allows for unlimited compensatory and punitive damages to be granted, without proof of intent. Currently, an employer must be found to have intentionally engaged in discriminatory practices in order for the employee to receive monetary compensation. This provision is unacceptable and unnecessary, as damages are already available under Title VII for pay discrimination.
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What are these idiots going to tax when they have chased every last single business out of this coutry?
How do they determine comparable worth?
Oh right, Marx again. After all, isn’t all labor equal?
It isn’t just this congress that is dumb it is the people.
Oh my, this could kill everything buisness is left in America! I’m sure that everyone has smeone working for them that could see this as a lottery. EGADS! This has to be stopped. Of course, this also could also kill anything from now on that Hilllary ever wants to do, too! *evil grin*
This will get a Veto. If Obambutt gets elected he’ll sign it so fast the paper will tear.
This will motivate employers to not give raises to ANYONE, to flatten pay scales/grades, and to ditch bonuses.
Which, if it needs to be said, will completely destroy productivity. Welcome to the Soviet Union.
97% of ALL of those HERE, who say they won't vote for Mccain ..
WILL!!
JUST to “slow down”, the implosion of this country—and possibly PREVENT it, if a decent VP candidate takes over for Mccain.
Oh, Geez!!
Not this sh*t again.
It is long overdue for the members of BOTH houses of Congress to re-read the Constitution to obtain a better understanding of the role of government. Setting pay rates for private businesses isn’t listed anywhere in the versions of the Constitution that I have read!
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