Could you imagine what would happen to the democrat party if
people just used their brains instead of allowing their emotions to get the
better of them at every turn?
Just today Barak the Magnificent signed an executive order
regarding “equal” pay for women. He made it easier for women to sue their
company for perceived gaps in pay based on gender and made it illegal for
companies to fire workers for making salaries of coworkers public (I know that
is not what was written but that is what will happen).
And of course he had to turn it political, threatening
Republicans by saying “This is about Republicans seemingly opposing any efforts
to even the playing field for working families.” See how he did that? Made it
seem like we hate everything about people who have to work for a living. And it
plays right to the emotions of people who for whatever reason choose not to
think things through.
First of all it should be obvious that we Republicans don’t
hate working folks. Good Grief, most of us ARE working folks. By Obama-logic
only rich white people could ever possibly vote Republican. And the low
information, emotion-driven voter buys into to this Obama-logic. All these
people need to do is stop and think for less than 5 minutes to see how this
logic really doesn’t make any sense. How
is it possible for Republicans to ever win an election if we are nothing but
rich white people? Aren’t those the people who populate the 1% Occupy Whatever
were going all kinds of nuts over a couple years back? If we are only 1% how on
earth could we ever win an election?
I have been a
life-long Republican and have worked all my life. I have never been and
probably will never be rich from a monetary perspective. But for some reason,
because I vote Republican, I must be some sort of rich dude.
Secondly, if these folks would ever take a few minutes and
use real logic instead of Obama-logic, they would see this whole discussion
about the supposed gender gap in pay is nothing more than tricky use of statistics
and smoke and mirrors.
I currently work in a well paying blue-collar field of which
there are very few women. In my area of “expertise” there is only one woman out
of more than 500 people. And interestingly enough she is paid the same as all
of us guys, as long as she works the same about as us guys. I don’t know her
very well so I can’t say whether she does or doesn’t. But she has the same opportunity
as the rest of us. In other fields within the company (in my region) I can
count on one had the number of females I have seen.
Before working on the railroad, I drove a truck. And while
driving a truck doesn’t pay as well as railroading, it isn’t terrible,
especially if you are willing to put in the time and the miles. Again, the
number of female truck drivers is low. While more women drive trucks than work
on the railroad, it certainly doesn’t reflect society at large (roughly 50/50
split). And women are paid the same. There isn’t a “males mileage pay” table
and a “females mileage pay” table. A woman that puts in 1,500 miles a week is
going to earn the same as a male.
Finally, before the above endeavors I was in the military
(27+years). Decent pay, excellent benefits (especially for young families),
good promotion opportunities. There are more women in the military than truck
drivers or railroaders, but again, it doesn’t come close to reflecting society
at large. Pay in the military is strictly based on your rank and your time in
the service, NOTHING else.
The one common factor in all of these examples, other than decent
pay and lack of female contributors, is education requirements. Other than a
high school education, these jobs don’t require more to get your foot in the
door. Fields that typically attract female employees such as retail and food
service don’t come close those areas mentioned above.
Of course there is going to be a pay gap. If men go towards
the jobs mentioned above (as well as longshoremen, other transportation jobs, construction,
etc.) and women head towards retail and food service there is going to be a pay
gap.
See how I used logic, not Obama-logic.
