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Joseph64 Wrote: Oct 25, 2012 1:22 PM
I have been saying that for years ever since the left first started making an issue out of it. it isn't an issue, really but a straw man set up by the left to lure in female voters. IF pay inequality DOES exist, then what do you think the outcome of the Lily Ledbetter Equal Pay Act is going to be? It is NOT going to be companies giving pay raises to women to make them equal to men, it will be companies giving pay CUTS to men to make them equal to women. So what Lily Ledbetter actually does for a married couple with both working is make it harder for them to stay above water because he'll be getting a pay cut and she won't be getting anything extra to make up for it.
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Joseph64 Wrote: Oct 25, 2012 1:24 PM
Ironically, the law of unintended consequences rears it's ugly head by affecting homosexual couples even more than heterosexual ones. Lesbian couples won't be getting pay raises, but gay couples will actually see a DOUBLE pay cut when the salaries of both partners gets reduced to make them equal to lesser paid women. Remember, when a business sees a chance to save money they take it. They will NOT pay more to women when they can pay less to men.
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