The author doesn’t mention the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 forbids paying women less than men for doing the same job as a man.
This election season, the Democrats have been saying they think women should be paid the same as a man for the same job.
Obama himself has said this.
My observation is - Obama has been president for almost six years. If women are really being paid less for doing the same work as a man, this is already against the law. Meaning that he and the Justice Department already have all the legal tools as their disposal to file lawsuits, take executive action, etc. against this alleged discrimination, if it is really happening.
When liberals campaign saying they favor equal pay for equal work, somebody really should ask them, if elected, what exactly do they propose to do about this alleged problem. Since there is already a law on the subject, it’s not as if Congress needs to pass a law to deal with this. It’s already been done, years ago.
Since payroll constitutes such a large percentage of overhead in a business, and companies are getting away with paying women so much less, why hire male employees? How about the disparity between public and private sector pay? I have a new mantra: “Private sector employees make 68 cents for every public employee dollar!”.
“When liberals campaign saying they favor equal pay for equal work, somebody really should ask them, if elected, what exactly do they propose to do about this alleged problem. Since there is already a law on the subject, it’s not as if Congress needs to pass a law to deal with this. It’s already been done, years ago.”
Some liberals that have answered that question. Essentially, they would create a government system that would determine what occupations are equal to others. Nurses versus firefighters, for example. The criteria would be things that bureaucrats enjoy, like credentials, etc. IOW, if two jobs both required a four year degree, then they could be considered equal. School teachers would be considered the equivalent of engineers and you would have to pay them the same wages. There usually is a seniority component as well.
The simple way to imagine this is to consider how the government sets pay scales. Pay grades 1-15. Pay steps 1-10. If you have a bachelors degree, you’re a pay grade 12. Four years experience, you’re a pay step 3. No bonuses for performance and no consideration of whether you’re a physicist or a sociology major.