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Paycheck Fairness Act
Today | Surroundedbyblue

Posted on 11/18/2010 9:45:04 AM PST by surroundedbyblue

Ok so some guy I work with (who's a moody gay & screamed "Racist, Obama-hating, Tea Bagger" at me one day) just sent me an email asking me to explain why the GOP Senators voted against "women's rights in the year 2010 by voting against the Paycheck Fairness Act".

I must admit, I heard about this awhile ago. It seems to me there were all sorts of little diddies in this bill that made it poorly written so there was god reason to be against it, but I can't rememeber the specifics. I'd love to shoot this guy down so can I get a little input from my FRiends?


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1 posted on 11/18/2010 9:45:05 AM PST by surroundedbyblue
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To: surroundedbyblue

Sorry I forgot the vanity tag


2 posted on 11/18/2010 9:47:16 AM PST by surroundedbyblue
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To: surroundedbyblue

Why do you have to respond to some a$$hat who screams at you and calls you names? Is he your supervisor? If not, ignore him. Nothing you say is going to change his mind or bring clarity to his thought processes.


3 posted on 11/18/2010 9:47:33 AM PST by La Lydia
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To: surroundedbyblue
My understanding is that it shifted the burden from the accuser proving that pay was unfair to requiring the employer to prove that their pay policies were non-discriminatory to women.

And you could probably predict what would happen: employers would have to jump through endless hoops to do so.

4 posted on 11/18/2010 9:48:29 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: surroundedbyblue

Well, in the first place, it’s an imaginary problem. Women and men earn the same, at the same education and experience levels. In fact, the scale is tilting slightly in favor of women.

However, if you quit work for 10 years to have a baby and stay home with it, your experience level doesn’t match that of the guy who kept working for those 10 years, so you don’t get paid as much.

Simple as that. Childless women earn the same as men.


5 posted on 11/18/2010 9:49:23 AM PST by Xenalyte (Pablo is very wily.)
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To: La Lydia; surroundedbyblue
Actually, La Lydia has a very good point.

There's no reason to engage this guy further. I wouldn't even reply to his email.

And if he persists, file a complaint with HR.

6 posted on 11/18/2010 9:50:35 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: surroundedbyblue

Explain to him that equality is a fairy tale made up by leftists to grow government at the expense of just about everything that makes a civilization function.


7 posted on 11/18/2010 9:51:06 AM PST by MichiganConservative (A government big enough to do unto the people you don't like will get to doing unto you soon enough.)
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To: surroundedbyblue

Has your coworker read the bill or is he just acting like a congressman and talking about legislation without reading it?


8 posted on 11/18/2010 9:51:32 AM PST by a fool in paradise (The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
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To: surroundedbyblue
Women belong behind a vacuum cleaner. They should not be paid the same as a man. Pregnant, doing the dishes and taking care of the house is all they need to be worried about. Seriously... /s



9 posted on 11/18/2010 9:52:46 AM PST by dubie (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: justlurking
And you could probably predict what would happen: employers would have to jump through endless hoops to do so.

And then they would realize it is easier to just "hire" male contractors for jobs.

The feminist leftists keep putting up laws to enforce the fanciful notion of equality and the men that actually run the businesses will find ways around it. Eventually, the objective, the worker's paradise, will be reached when legitimate private business closes or leaves the country to avoid the harassment and only the government is left to hire people.

And government will hire women. To shuffle papers from one end of the bureaucracy to another. The men will give up trying and drink away their days in a big grass hut.

Isn't matriarchy great?

10 posted on 11/18/2010 9:55:43 AM PST by MichiganConservative (A government big enough to do unto the people you don't like will get to doing unto you soon enough.)
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He’s a physician in our department. I’m a nurse anesthetist so he is sort of above me. The thing is, if I don’t give him an answer, I’ll never hear the end of it. He’ll take it as me conceding defeat. He’s a pain in the ass.


11 posted on 11/18/2010 9:57:11 AM PST by surroundedbyblue
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To: surroundedbyblue

The Paycheck Fairness Act is as much about Fairness as the Healthcare bill is about health. The health care bill is about control - so is the paycheck fairness act.


12 posted on 11/18/2010 10:00:37 AM PST by nomobs (The lesser of two evils is still evil)
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To: surroundedbyblue

hand him a pocket constitution and have him point to the place where the federal government is supposed to regulate how much anyone pays anyone for anything, even labor.

If he can’t or won’t ask him what his problem with the constitution is.


13 posted on 11/18/2010 10:01:08 AM PST by MichiganConservative (A government big enough to do unto the people you don't like will get to doing unto you soon enough.)
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To: surroundedbyblue

Really, really sorry to hear that. Have you considered moving?


14 posted on 11/18/2010 10:02:54 AM PST by Rich21IE
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To: surroundedbyblue
The 77% of Income Fallacy

15 posted on 11/18/2010 10:06:33 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: surroundedbyblue
He has resorted to name calling, I would file a complaint with HR....physician or not.....he is not any better than you...Is he a anesthesiologist? (over paid gas passer) ......Those people aren't normal....
16 posted on 11/18/2010 10:10:04 AM PST by Kimmers (Tell a lie often enough it becomes political........)
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LOL!! yes he is an anesthesiologist! They call us CRNAs overpaid gas passers. Funny thing is that while I’m in the OR running the case, they’re usually reading the newspaper.


17 posted on 11/18/2010 10:16:19 AM PST by surroundedbyblue
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To: surroundedbyblue
He’s a physician in our department. I’m a nurse anesthetist so he is sort of above me. The thing is, if I don’t give him an answer, I’ll never hear the end of it. He’ll take it as me conceding defeat. He’s a pain in the ass.

My advice is the same, with one modification.

Put him on notice that you are no longer discussing politics with him, because it's detrimental to your professional relationship.

If he persists, file a complaint.

You don't have to suffer through any kind of harassment.

18 posted on 11/18/2010 10:16:19 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: surroundedbyblue
He’s a physician in our department.

Howard Dean is your boss? My condolences.

19 posted on 11/18/2010 10:37:06 AM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: surroundedbyblue

The simple reason to oppose this law is that Hilda Solis, Labor Secretary, is pushing it. Read up on Hilda (democrat, CA) and you’ll know what I’m referring to.


20 posted on 11/18/2010 10:58:47 AM PST by MissMagnolia (Obad. 1:15: As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.)
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