sshhhh, conservatives don't like the word equality...
Equality equals taking from them
Every Republican Senator Said NO To Equal Pay For Women. Do YOU Support Equal Pay For Equal Work ?
Che Guevara - Hero
2012/06/12 13:39:50
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Every Republican Senator Said NO To Equal Pay For Women. Do YOU Support Equal Pay For Equal Work ?
An election-year Democratic measure designed to ensure that women don't face pay discrimination was blocked Tuesday by Republicans who complained that the bill was politically inspired and would reward trial lawyers at the expense of employers.
The motion, which needed 60 votes to succeed, got only 52, not one from a Republican.
President Obama issued a statement criticizing Republicans for putting "partisan politics ahead of American women and families."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, standing at a news conference with pay equity advocate Lilly Ledbetter, accused Republicans of "wanting to stick their heads in the sand" about the longstanding issue of women being paid less than men. "But it's clear where Democrats stand," Reid said.
The bill, which Democrats said would close loopholes in the 1963 Equal Pay Act, would require employers to prove that differences in pay were related to job performance, not gender; would prevent employers from forbidding employees from sharing salary information with each other; and would allow women who believe they were discriminated against to sue for damages.
Democrats acknowledged privately that they expected to make political gains with women by pressing to close the pay gap, which they said has women earning just 77 cents on the dollar compared with men.
Republicans, fearful that Democrats were trying to portray them as insensitive to women, argued that they oppose pay discrimination but disagree with the Democrats' bill, which was written without their input. Republicans remained largely silent about the issue in the days leading up to the vote, even as Democrats, led by the president, made an all-out push for the legislation.
Read More: http://articles.cnn.com/2012-06-05/politics/politi...
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Wilde~MoonChild ™ 2012/06/12 14:18:38
just a question do you think that might have something to do with businesses going bankrupt or a business going over sea to China.
higher pay means more money the business loses over time the business might run low or out of money because of to many workers.
Just a throughtnot trying to be a meny or anything. Me and some friends started our own business. We been talking aboout moving up to Canada because it simply costs to much in the USA.
the biggest problem is with medium to large sized business doing so
and yes you are absolutely right, it is usually much cheaper to produce a product in Asia and simply pay to have it shipped to the US. but that also creates a wave of other issues with the US economy now that (using a round number for example) 500,000 jobs are in Asia because the larger companies can make a bigger profit by paying the Chinese the equivilent(for example) of $20 a day for the same job they have to pay an American $13 an hour.
you can also argue that the standard of employment cost a lot more. is it wrong for the FDA to demand food be free of Disease or that Osha says a construction site must provide hardhats etc.
and like you I am not trying to be mean or anything. I am just stating why our shipping jobs overseas or to canada makes our economy more fragile much quicker than simply giving women equal pay
esintualy saying chase away all businesses and the people who make them.
no one can afford to pay women higher pay checks or even guys for that matter. taxes are what is killing the businesses in the usa.
It is not taxes, it is the cost of labor. as I said earlier, why should Verizon pay a tech i the US $15 an hour when it can pay a tech in Pakistan $5 an hour?
so in reality not the world where liberals a blamed because even with taxes being pretty much the lowes in 40 years or so, and even during the republican run congress, white house and supreme court in the early 2000s, businesses were shipping more jobs over seas than ever before.
even in the military and police academies, women have must slower running qualifications and pushups/sit ups to pass. jobs like being a furniture mover, football player or garbage man etc are more physically taxing.
but if a woman is strong enough to do, I say give her the job and give her the pay.
men are naturally physically stronger tha women. that is a fact.
lets use the olympics for example:
who is the fastest in equal sports like freestyle swimming? men
who is stronger in weight lifting? men
who hits harder and faster in boxing? men
who runs the fastest in any track and field event? men
these are records Old lady. so no matter what you say, women are not as physically strong (in general) as men. It is the way God made us.
Our bodie's are made differently.
now Im no chauvanist. I know plenty of women who can outrun, out benchpress and out swimm many many many men. but that is not the norm.
Woman has always been told they are the weaker sex physically but this keeps changing and will continue to do so.
Being a man does not automatically make you physically stronger than a woman.
We can stand more physical pain than a man.
We're not done yet.
There is no norm.
try the feminist stuff with someone who cares because facts are still facts
In case you edit that low life remark let's do a repeat:
"it was your mom actually, and she called to ask if I wanted a BJ"
Your a perfect example of an immature ass who can't take any criticizing from a woman and directs it straight to referencing his penis. Scary to think you live near any little girls. Bet you'd like to teach them a thing or two :/
and you didnt critisize. you made false statements that women (in general) are physically as strong or stronger than men. that is a falicy with nothing to back it up.
and I dont teach girls anything, I did however teach your mom all kinds of wonderful filthy, FILTHY things, some might still be illegal in the bible belt states.
So ChiChi, why don't the dems lead by example instead of trying to make others do what they refuse to do themselves? Why won't they give equal pay in congress? Are you asinterested inthat as you are in smearing the repubs?