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11-19-2010, 12:33 AM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <span style='font-size: 17pt'>Senate Republicans Vote Unanimously Against Bill To Help Guarantee Fair Pay For Women</span>
Our guest blogger is Rebecca Lefton, a Researcher with Progressive Media.
Today, Senate Republicans voted unanimously against legislation to close the pay gap between women and men. The Senate voted 58-41 against allowing debate on the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would help end discriminatory pay practices against women. It had already passed the House.
<span style='font-size: 20pt'>More than 45 years after passage of the Equal Pay Act, the pay gap shockingly persists with women still earning on average 77 cents to every man’s dollar. According to the National Women’s Law Center, <u>“This persistent pay gap translates to more than $10,000 in lost wages per year for the average female worker.” The gap is even worse for women of color: African-American women earn 61 cents and Latinas earn 52 cents for every dollar a white non-Hispanic man earns</u></span></div></div>
No surprise.
A new report states that 50% of lawmakers are millionaires! By keeping the Bush Tax cuts for the rich, they will receive a hefty rebate from Uncle Sam.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">WASHINGTON -- Alan Grayson (D-Florida) wants everyone to know that he is not in favor of extending the Bush cuts for the wealthy, <span style='font-size: 20pt'>which would average out to about $83,347 a year for each person in the top 1 percent of the U.S. income bracket.</span> To drive his point home, he made a list for lawmakers on the House floor Wednesday night of the many ways those "high and mighty" individuals making an average of $1.4 million a year will be able to use that extra cash. </div></div>
So $800 for the middle class, $ 80,000 for the top 1%. Seems fair. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif
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Our guest blogger is Rebecca Lefton, a Researcher with Progressive Media.
Today, Senate Republicans voted unanimously against legislation to close the pay gap between women and men. The Senate voted 58-41 against allowing debate on the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would help end discriminatory pay practices against women. It had already passed the House.
<span style='font-size: 20pt'>More than 45 years after passage of the Equal Pay Act, the pay gap shockingly persists with women still earning on average 77 cents to every man’s dollar. According to the National Women’s Law Center, <u>“This persistent pay gap translates to more than $10,000 in lost wages per year for the average female worker.” The gap is even worse for women of color: African-American women earn 61 cents and Latinas earn 52 cents for every dollar a white non-Hispanic man earns</u></span></div></div>
No surprise.
A new report states that 50% of lawmakers are millionaires! By keeping the Bush Tax cuts for the rich, they will receive a hefty rebate from Uncle Sam.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">WASHINGTON -- Alan Grayson (D-Florida) wants everyone to know that he is not in favor of extending the Bush cuts for the wealthy, <span style='font-size: 20pt'>which would average out to about $83,347 a year for each person in the top 1 percent of the U.S. income bracket.</span> To drive his point home, he made a list for lawmakers on the House floor Wednesday night of the many ways those "high and mighty" individuals making an average of $1.4 million a year will be able to use that extra cash. </div></div>
So $800 for the middle class, $ 80,000 for the top 1%. Seems fair. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif
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