GOP gets altruistic

evil

They’re baaaaaaaaaaack.

Monday, for the fourth time, Republican senators blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act that would have banned employers from retaliating against employees who tell each other what their salaries are, and imposed harsher penalties for pay discrimination.

Employers would also be required to show that any differences in wages is based on things other than gender, like performance and workload.

Their justification was that paying women the same wages as men would mean employers would hire fewer women.

“At a time when the Obama economy is already hurting women so much, this legislation would double down on job loss, all while lining the pockets of trial lawyers,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

According to the Census Bureau,  Women who work at a full-time job in the U.S. earn an average of 77 cents for every dollar men earn

So I guess if they can save money by hiring women to do the same job for less than they would have had to pay a man, that’s a justifiable reason to hire women.

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