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Fox News Bashes Patricia Arquette For Advocating Wage Equality: ‘I Was Appalled’
http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2015/02/23/3625777/fox-friends-bashes-patricia-arquette-advocating-wage-equality-appalled/Not everyone was a fan of Patricia Arquette’s impassioned call for wage equality at the Oscar’s last night. On Fox & Friends, actress and Fox News Contributor Stacey Dash said she was “appalled” by Arquette’s comments.
Dash said that Arquette needs to “do her history.” She noted that in 1963, John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law. “I didn’t get the memo I didn’t have any rights,” Dash quipped.
Dash failed to mention that, upon signing the bill into law, Kennedy called the legislation a “first step” and stressed that “much remains to be done to achieve full equality of economic opportunity…” Kennedy said, “(O)ur journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts.”
Today, women still earn an average of 78 cents on the dollar — up just 17 cents since the Equal Pay Act. The picture is even worse for women of color. African-American women, for example, make just 64 cents for every dollar a white man makes.
Dash said that Arquette needs to “do her history.” She noted that in 1963, John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law. “I didn’t get the memo I didn’t have any rights,” Dash quipped.
Dash failed to mention that, upon signing the bill into law, Kennedy called the legislation a “first step” and stressed that “much remains to be done to achieve full equality of economic opportunity…” Kennedy said, “(O)ur journey is not complete until our wives, our mothers and daughters can earn a living equal to their efforts.”
Today, women still earn an average of 78 cents on the dollar — up just 17 cents since the Equal Pay Act. The picture is even worse for women of color. African-American women, for example, make just 64 cents for every dollar a white man makes.
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I bet she makes a nickel and that is 5 cents too much 
how are the kitties?
