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Marsha Blackburn: Women 'Don't Want' Equal Pay Laws
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/02/marsha-blackburn-equal-pay-laws_n_3375167.htmlRepublican congresswoman Marsha Blackburn said on Sunday that women "don't want" equal pay laws.
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"I think that more important than that is making certain that women are recognized by those companies. You know, Ive always said that I didnt want to be given a job because I was a female, I wanted it because I was the most well-qualified person for the job. And making certain that companies are going to move forward in that vein, that is what women want. They dont want the decisions made in Washington. They want to be able to have the power and the control and the ability to make those decisions for themselves."
Blackburn voted against the 2009 Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a landmark bill for women's rights in the workplace. The law makes it easier for women to file wage discrimination suits against employers. She also voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act of 2009.
Blackburn is hardly the only female politician to oppose laws aimed at discouraging the gender wage gap. In 2012, a new Paycheck Fairness Act failed in the Senate after receiving nay votes from Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Susan Collins (R-Maine).
The gender pay gap has expanded in recent years. In 2012, women earned approximately 80.9% of what men earned. According to a recent analysis, the average U.S. woman now stands to lose out on $443,000 over 40 years.
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Marsha Blackburn: Women 'Don't Want' Equal Pay Laws (Original Post)
marble falls
Jun 2013
OP
so, is she returning the 25 percent of HER salary, since she doesn't want equal pay?
niyad
Jun 2013
#1
I wish Axelrod or someone had had the presence of mind to ask her if it would be okay for...
Gidney N Cloyd
Jun 2013
#6
niyad
(113,548 posts)1. so, is she returning the 25 percent of HER salary, since she doesn't want equal pay?
Warpy
(111,336 posts)2. You don't speak for me or any other woman
you nasty, horrible, teabagger harridan.
Now is the time for you to set an example, you utterly, wretchedly ignorant piece of work, and take a 30% pay cut.
Then try to demand your "recognition."
You find out that it follows what the system thinks you are worth in terms of money.
niyad
(113,548 posts)7. we posted the same thought at the same time!
asjr
(10,479 posts)3. I loathe that woman. Her nose is so far up in the air I am
surprised she doesn't drown when it rains. She doesn't speak---she lectures as if we were all rotten children.
madaboutharry
(40,219 posts)4. She should take a pay cut in solidarity with underpaid women.
What an jerk.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)5. Hey Blackburn! Here's the recognition women want:
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,847 posts)6. I wish Axelrod or someone had had the presence of mind to ask her if it would be okay for...
congresswomen to make less than congressmen.
niyad
(113,548 posts)8. her dc voicemail is full. . . .
niyad
(113,548 posts)9. sounds like she is auditioning to replace bachmann as the top crazy woman in congress