well, this hasn't come up yet....

[callmeslick]

....and, I sort of find it odd that it hasn't. The whole issue, a Democratic one, being brought up of late around 'equal pay for women'. I get email donation solicitations, the news is full of the beginnings of the campaign, yet no one here questions it. You see, this is a Dem issue I have a real problem with. Now, you'll have to trust me that they know my feelings, but I want to paraphrase here, and open the floor for comment:

" Dear folks,
I have noticed lately much made of the fact that women earn but 77% of men in the market. Now, we both know that this figure doesn't account for
hours worked, and thus reflects the fact than women work part-time more often than men. Other, more minor factors are omitted, as well, but that
omission alone accounts for much of the disparity. The fact is, Federal law prohibits discrimination in pay, and merely must be enforced. Rules around
more open information about wages are fine, but too much is being made about the disparity. As a long-time backer of the party, and active for decades in campaign work, I get the political calculus here: women vote more than men. Still, this attempt to woo women(who, to my mind, should support our party any way)offends me. But, it seems to me that building a campaign pitch upon a set of dubious facts is exactly the approach which has hurt your competition, and one wouldn't think you would care to go that route. ....."

comments? We have a few women here, right.....? We have a few folks who think I agree with everything that party does. Any opinion on the current campaign tack of the Democratic party?

[CUDA]

... Any opinion on the current campaign tack of the Democratic party?

doing what politicians always do. buying votes

[woodchip]

Leadership starts at the top. Obama's admin only pays women .88 to the dollar men make.

[callmeslick]

Leadership starts at the top. Obama's admin only pays women .88 to the dollar men make.

sort of for similar reasons(at least the minor stuff I alluded to). CUDA is right. This is a matter of pandering for votes. Heck, they aren't even selling anything or giving anything away. The law on the books is clear. No initiative, legislation or much else is going to change that disparity except for a wholesale change in the workplace.