We have laws on the books to cover illegal immigration, the registration of guns, the use of marijuana and any number of issues of the day, but the government chooses not to enforce them, unless it suits them.
Now Hillary Clinton is picking up the Obama mantra that we need to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act. She blames its failure on Republicans who do not support equal pay for equal work for women. Not true. It’s just that Republicans recognize that equal pay for women has been the law of the land for more than a half-century.
Typical of the low-information crowd, Patricia Arquette perpetuated the myth and needed a script at the Oscars to say, “It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America.” (usmagazine.com)
While Democrats continue to support the myth that women earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, since 1963 it has been unlawful for an employer to pay a female less than a male employee for equal work. In addition, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits sex discrimination in wages. And, workers employed by a government contractor or subcontractor, like Boeing, are covered by Executive Order 11,246, which prohibits gender-based pay discrimination.
In addition, 46 states also have antidiscrimination laws mandating equal pay for equal work.
To hear Obama and Clinton, a crisis exists for women in the workplace. They have nowhere to turn to challenge their employer. Again, not true. The existing laws provide women with a host of government-paid opportunities to appeal their case. Employers face fines of thousands of dollars and jail time if found guilty, and government contractors face fines and loss of contracts.
Equal pay for women is already law.
The continued rhetoric by Democrats over female pay inequity is simply that. Rhetoric. Another myth debunked.
