Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Another Failed Obama Initiative

Hey, but it made some politicians feel better about themselves.

Three years after he signed it into law, President Obama has made the little-known Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act the centerpiece of his re-election pitch to women.

It’s a “big step toward making sure every worker in this country, man or woman, receives equal pay for equal work,” Obama says in a video to supporters on his campaign blog.

The legislation repeatedly tops Obama’s list of accomplishments in stump speeches on the campaign trail and is cited as a fulfilled promise from 2008.

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The only problem? Women don’t enjoy equal pay, it’s improved little during Obama’s term and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act has hardly been a “big step” toward the goal.

In 2010, the most recent data available, women on average earned 77.4 cents for every dollar earned by men holding the same full-time, year-round job, according to Census data analyzed by the National Committee on Pay Equity.

The gap was virtually unchanged from 2009, when it was 77 percent and 2008 when it stood at 77.1 percent, before the law was enacted.

(1) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1547 hrs
Politics + Politics - General

  1. It’s a “big step toward making sure every worker in this country, man or woman, receives equal pay for equal work

    Equal work is a hard thing to prove. Just because 2 people have the same job title does not mean they are doing equal work. Man or woman some people are better at their job than others so they get paid more.
    Some people who are really good can make their job look easy.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 31, 2012 at 1627 hrs


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