Comments on: McCain proves he’s a man

By: Dylan

Dylan — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:31:00 +0000

Shawn: The problem is that the Ledbetter decision made it so that the six-month clock starts ticking down not from the time that the pay inequality is discovered, but from the time that it begins.

I knew a woman who found out after a year of doing excellent work that she was making dramatically less than her male colleagues. Under this decision, it would have been too late for her to act. How is that fair?

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:01:34 +0000

So, I love how this post claims that McCain didn’t know what he was talking about when it seems the author is the one who is lost. The legislation the girl asked about does NOT legislate equal pay for women, but rather sets a statute of limitations on how long someone has to file suit that they did not receive equal pay. The legislation mandating equal pay for women is already in place.

The law currently allows 6 months, that’s right, SIX MONTHS, for compensation to be challenged as being discriminatory. The legislation being questioned by this girl sought to remove that limitation. It can easily and reasonably be argued that this limitation reduces frivolous law suits, which is exactly the point McCain was making and which was very easy to understand for someone who is not already predisposed to turn off anything a Republican has to say.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:42:37 +0000

Jenn, the government is in the workplace anyway. There are all sorts of regulations and legislation. How can equal pay not be tolerable in this day and age?

I think he was asked a pretty straight question and gave a lawyer’s reply.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:22:25 +0000

See the problem here is, as a woman…..I don’t want the government to dictate to my workplace what they can and cannot pay me.

That’s the point. NO GOVERNMENT IN THE WORKPLACE.