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another thought, if Clinton is president, will she only get paid 72% of what men presidents make? (Original Post) Bucky Oct 2016 OP
um NO! mucifer Oct 2016 #1
also we'll save money on White House cleaning & clothes washing services Bucky Oct 2016 #2
I know! But, I had to comment mucifer Oct 2016 #3
8o) Bucky Oct 2016 #5
No erpowers Oct 2016 #4
* Bucky Oct 2016 #6
Is there a single job anywhere in this country where that is true? linuxman Oct 2016 #7
There's all sorts of pay inequity in this economy. Bucky Oct 2016 #8
Right, I get that when averaged across an entire economy, women make less due to many factors. linuxman Oct 2016 #9

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
2. also we'll save money on White House cleaning & clothes washing services
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 09:51 PM
Oct 2016

Don't you know when you're being joshed?

It was a joke

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
4. No
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 10:08 PM
Oct 2016

I do believe the pay for the President is set by Congress. Also, as far as I know the pay level can only be changed before a person is elected. Once they are in office the pay cannot be changed.

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
8. There's all sorts of pay inequity in this economy.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:21 PM
Oct 2016

Great read

http://www.aauw.org/research/the-simple-truth-about-the-gender-pay-gap/

Did you know that in 2015, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 80 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 20 percent? While the number has gone up one percentage point from 2014, the change isn’t statistically significant — because the increase is so small, mere tenths of a percent, it doesn’t amount to perceptible change. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the earnings ratio hasn’t had significant annual change since 2007. The gap has narrowed since the 1970s, due largely to women’s progress in education and workforce participation and to men’s wages rising at a slower rate. Still, the pay gap does not appear likely to go away on its own. At the rate of change between 1960 and 2015, women are expected to reach pay equity with men in 2059. But even that slow progress has stalled in recent years. If change continues at the slower rate seen since 2001, women will not reach pay equity with men until 2152.
 

linuxman

(2,337 posts)
9. Right, I get that when averaged across an entire economy, women make less due to many factors.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:29 PM
Oct 2016

I'm asking if in any specific job at the same company (excluding negotiated salary positions. Men who negotiate separately will also have salary inequities in such positions) women make less than men. I'm 100% certain that it is a law that such a thing is illegal.

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