Todd Akin Suggests Employers Should Be Able To Pay Women Less

[Capt. Obvious]

Todd Akin appeared to endorse allowing employers to pay women less than men at a town hall on Thursday.

Gender discrimination is illegal in the United States. In video provided by Sen. Claire McCaskill's campaign, Akin responded to a question about the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- which made it easier for workers to sue over unequal pay -- by suggesting that employers shouldn't even be barred from paying women less in the first place:

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/todd-akin-suggests-employers-should-be-able-to

[louis-t]

1. Gift that keeps on....

you know.

[Zambero]

4. This year's Christine O'Donnell equivalent

Dumb (2012) and Dumber (2012)

[sakabatou]

9. Yup

[renie408]

2. Sometimes words just fail me...

[Zambero]

3. Encore!

The McCaskill campaign must be overwhelmed with the sheers volume of TV ad material spinning off from this clown.

[loyalsister]

5. At this point I think he just wants to get it all off his chest

What else, Todd... Women wearing pants? Female athletes? Go for it!

This guy seems to be a misogynist to a degree few of us has ever imagined.

[deutsey]

6. Keeps digging that political grave n/t

[WinkyDink]

7. Republican = Hates any laws restraining employers from doing WTH they want. Remember the Civil War?

[DearAbby]

8. Say now, McCaskell better jump on this

gals in Missouri are not this stupid. They are working hard for that dollar you can be sure...just as hard as a man. Even they will understand this. Missouri men whose wives work, want them paid their due. If they can work the job the same as a man, they should be paid the same. Two income families dont diferenciate gender...everyone works hard...I never heard anyone tell me, that they dont work hard at their job, when it means survival to keep it.

[Scootaloo]

10. Watching Republicans campaign is unsettling.

They say shit that will make most people hat them, because it'll make a few people love them, and then they think those few people, plus the "undecideds" are going to make a win.

And then sometimes, they're proven right.

The fuck what?

[randome]

11. And his political consultant compared him to being under seige...like David Koresh!

TPM's headline on this snippet: "I Mean, WTF?"

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/consultant-compares-akins-fortitude-to-that-of-david?ref=fpblg

[Nye Bevan]

12. I think senators who are clearly batshit crazy should be paid less (nt)

[RoccoR5955]

13. I think it goes further

He's in favor of "Free Enterprise," where corporations can pay whatever they want. I bet if he was asked if there should be a minimum wage, he would also be against a minimum wage, for the same reason.
He's just a corporate tool, be it with women, men, children, pets, or other animals. If a corporation wants to hire someone, they should be able to pay whatever the minimum a person will accept will be. This is one of the reasons why in many urban areas, you see a lot of Central and South Americans working "off the books" for lower than minimum wages. It's more than they would get paid in Guatemala or Mexico, so they take it.