Marsha Blackburn: Women 'Don't Want' Equal Pay Laws

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Republican congresswoman Marsha Blackburn said on Sunday that women "don't want" equal pay laws.

During a roundtable discussion on NBC's Meet The Press, former White House advisor David Axelrod asked if she would support a law promoting workplace gender equality. Blackburn responded:

"I think that more important than that is making certain that women are recognized by those companies. You know, I’ve always said that I didn’t 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 don’t 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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[Upgrade Dave]

Bitch talked for 30 secs and didn't say shit.

We often talk about Black sellouts like Clarence Thomas but ladies, this chick is selling ya'll out just as bad.

 

[ViCiouS]

Bitch talked for 30 secs and didn't say shit.

We often talk about Black sellouts like Clarence Thomas but ladies, this chick is selling ya'll out just as bad.

no she ain't - for republican to suggest legislating pay equality it would go against their platform - and most of her home town supporters would kill her

besides the gender pay gap is a myth.
One they want to keep around

 

[Upgrade Dave]

To even have a platform against pay equality is ludicrous. On the list of "conservative" ideas and ideals, I doubt Blackburn would pay an electoral price for supporting pay equality. She doesn't even push that lie. Where she would suffer is in corporate contributions: the definition of selling out.
And to be clear, she also voted against legislation that would allow women to sue if they find out they were discriminated against.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/news/2013/04/09/59698/the-gender-wage-gap-differs-by-occupation/

 

[veritech]

besides the gender pay gap is a myth.
One they want to keep around

this is so true. especially in the black community.

 

[WhenTheGoingGetsTtuff]

I agree with her. I understand what she's saying. But like with MOST things people are going to take it the wrong way.

 

[da_monumental_1]

Bitch talked for 30 secs and didn't say shit.

We often talk about Black sellouts like Clarence Thomas but ladies, this chick is selling ya'll out just as bad.

This is different. All of the so-called Uncle Toms could fall dead at once and white supremacy would still continue without missing a beat. People forget that Thomas/the Prez/or any non-white person for that matter is where they are because white people said so.

It's called racial showcasing.

Aspect number one of Maximum Sophisticated Confusion.

- racial showcasing
- racial population tailoring
- racial dislocation
- white sacrifice



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Number 2 of Ten Basic Stops - Stop Name-Calling

 

[Upgrade Dave]

I agree with her. I understand what she's saying. But like with MOST things people are going to take it the wrong way.

The words she carefully chose sound good but her actions say something else. She doesn't want the power to be in the hands of individual women but in the hands of the companies with no legal recourse for those workers or oversight by the government.

 

[Djmarkxr7]

The words she carefully chose sound good but her actions say something else. She doesn't want the power to be in the hands of individual women but in the hands of the companies with no legal recourse for those workers or oversight by the government.

Exactly.

But keep in mind that less government regulation and/or interference is a longstanding platform for Republicans, along with any way possible to leave in the hands of companies their own ways of controlling wages.

People seem to assume that because they are strong that EVERYONE else is as well, and that's simply not the case, but hey, if there are women out there gullible enough to believe her BS then let them continue letting White men determine what they make WITH NO RECOURSE when they find out that they were being underpaid, it doesn't affect me @ all!

This reminds me of the argument that the restaurant industry is still throwing out there, that there's no need to raise the minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers up from $2.13/hr, because it would drive them out of business, meanwhile they sit back & enjoy some of their highest profits EVER as people who can afford to eat out are eating out now MORE THAT EVER!

 

[WhenTheGoingGetsTtuff]

The words she carefully chose sound good but her actions say something else. She doesn't want the power to be in the hands of individual women but in the hands of the companies with no legal recourse for those workers or oversight by the government.

Yeah, that too lol. Good point.

 

[ViCiouS]

To even have a platform against pay equality is ludicrous. On the list of "conservative" ideas and ideals, I doubt Blackburn would pay an electoral price for supporting pay equality. She doesn't even push that lie. Where she would suffer is in corporate contributions: the definition of selling out.
And to be clear, she also voted against legislation that would allow women to sue if they find out they were discriminated against.

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/labor/news/2013/04/09/59698/the-gender-wage-gap-differs-by-occupation/

you don't understand the Republican platform - it comes as close to lassez-faire as possible in US terms - they work against any form of legislation of business practices...
She would have a huge price to pay with grass roots support and the national party

 

[Famous1]

I agree with her. I understand what she's saying. But like with MOST things people are going to take it the wrong way.

Damn......
Just Damn..... Explain

 

[ViCiouS]

Exactly.

But keep in mind that less government regulation and/or interference is a longstanding platform for Republicans, along with any way possible to leave in the hands of companies their own ways of controlling wages.

People seem to assume that because they are strong that EVERYONE else is as well, and that's simply not the case, but hey, if there are women out there gullible enough to believe her BS then let them continue letting White men determine what they make WITH NO RECOURSE when they find out that they were being underpaid, it doesn't affect me @ all!

This reminds me of the argument that the restaurant industry is still throwing out there, that there's no need to raise the minimum wage for tipped restaurant workers up from $2.13/hr, because it would drive them out of business, meanwhile they sit back & enjoy some of their highest profits EVER as people who can afford to eat out are eating out now MORE THAT EVER!

good points for labor and wage inequality - large employers are ripping off their employees aggressively.

As i said before - there isn't a gender pay gap... its a myth the media likes to push and corporations don't want to tell the truth because the truth leads to an even thornier subject of women in the work force and the rolls they gravitate to.

 

[water]

I heard her disassociating herself from the white view of affirmative action.

Yet, there are far more women movements than those for affirmative action.

Just a case of wanting the cake and eating it too.

Shit has nothing to do with women but rather how women movements are perceived.

 

[Upgrade Dave]

Exactly.

But keep in mind that less government regulation and/or interference is a longstanding platform for Republicans, along with any way possible to leave in the hands of companies their own ways of controlling wages.

I get that.

you don't understand the Republican platform - it comes as close to lassez-faire as possible in US terms - they work against any form of legislation of business practices...
She would have a huge price to pay with grass roots support and the national party

You're misjudging me. I completely understand their supposed platform. I'm calling "bullshit" the same way I call "bullshit" on the idea that they're for lower taxes. They're for regulations plenty if the right donor tells them to be.
If pay equality was even a tangential issue in Tennessee for Tenn. Republican voters, you might have a point. But it's not. Any grass roots resistance she met on this issue would be fully funded by the Kochs or similar corporate interests.

And even if all of that were true, supporting those two laws is the right thing to do for all parties (except corporate interests).

 

[bromack1]

I agree with her. I understand what she's saying. But like with MOST things people are going to take it the wrong way.

For every job I've had, I have never seen where men were paid more than women for doing the same work

Besides, if women are willing to do the same work for less money, it would make more sense to hire more women and fire the men....

 

[Politic Negro]