Obama proposes law that already exists

President Barack Obama shamed Congress in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to pass legislation that already exists. Apparently not briefed by his secretary of labor and attorney general, Obama announced:  "That's why this Congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work. Really. It's 2015. It's time."  But it was June 10, 1963 when Congress passed “The Equal Pay Act of 1963,” which can be found at 29 U.S.C. § 206(d). It says:  (d) Prohibition of sex discrimination (1) No employer having employees subject to any provisions of this section shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed, between employees on the basis of sex...

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A quick fix for the gender wage gap

Christina Hoff Sommers writes, "If today’s young women want to close the wage gap, they should change their college majors." She shows the ten most and ten least remunerative majors compiled by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Ah! The higher income producing majors are overwhelmingly populated by... THIS IS A MUST READ: AEI Blog

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Wage Demands Sink Auto Bailout In Senate

WASHINGTON (CBS News) ― A $14 billion emergency bailout for U.S. automakers collapsed in the Senate Thursday night after the United Auto Workers refused to accede to Republican demands for swift wage cuts. The proposal failed in a 52-35 procedural vote, reports CBS News Capitol Hill producer John Nolen. It needed 60 votes to move forward. The collapse came after bipartisan talks on the auto rescue broke down over GOP demands that the United Auto Workers union agree to steep wage cuts by 2009 to bring their pay into line with Japanese carmakers. Read more at CBS4Denver... Read More......