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Lilly Ledbetter And Fair Pay

During the second Presidential debate a question came up that spoke to equal pay for women in the work place.  Specifically the fact that women earn a fraction of what men earn.

In that back and forth, Mitt Romney mentioned that “they brought us whole binders of women…”

This has upset the left.  I suspect that this will play out like Big Bird.  But tonight I saw an interview of Ms. Ledbetter:

Watching the interview it struck me that she most likely deserved to get paid less than an average employee doing the same job that she performed.  Listen to her bullshit at 3:05:

It’s a fundamental American right to be paid and compensated …

It’s clear that this woman has no earthly clue about what she is talking about.  She is implying in her statement that pay and compensation must be equal independent of proficiency.  To be paid the same amount of another individual most certainly is NOT a fundamental American right.

Just In Time To Wage War On Women

It started during the latest round of back and forth over the democrats creation of this silly “War On Women” meme.  An innocuous question surrounding the Lilly Ledbetter law and Romney’s support of it.  In fact, from an economic and fact based perspective, the Lilly Ledbetter act is not good legislation, women are not discriminated against in the marketplace and all this law does is reduce the incentive of businesses to hire more women.  This is exactly what we see when we require businesses to pay a minimum wage, and in reverse, when we see government force landlords to restrict rent.

However, this isn’t a debate on facts it’s a debate of politics.  And here is the headline I knew was coming:

Women make 77 cents for each $1 made by men

The only answer to this headline is:

Men are 11.5 Times More Likely To Die On The Job Than Women

Don’t let the headlines dominate the message.