Utah Republican argues against equal pay for women: Its bad for families and society

[milestogo]

Source: Washington Post

In a letter criticizing a bill that addresses pay gap in the workforce, a Utah Republican said that men have traditionally earned more than women and, citing “simple economics,” argued that things should stay that way.

James Green’s letter to the editor, published in two local publications earlier this week, immediately prompted such outrage that within two days, Green had written an apology and resigned from his post as vice chair of the Wasatch County Republican Party.

Green said in his letter, published Wednesday by the Park Record and the Wasatch Wave, that men make more than women because they’re “the primary breadwinners” of their families, and paying women equally would somehow ruin the makeup of a traditional family where “the Mother” remains at home raising children.

“If businesses are forced to pay women the same as male earnings, that means they will have to reduce the pay for the men they employ, simple economics,” Green wrote. “If that happens, then men will have an even more difficult time earning enough to support their families, which will mean more Mothers will be forced to leave the home (where they may prefer to be) to join the workforce to make up the difference.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/02/19/utah-republican-argues-against-equal-pay-for-women-its-bad-for-families-and-society/?utm_term=.d0bcf200eab9&wpisrc=nl_most-draw14&wpmm=1

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A man without a clue.

[shenmue]

1. Fuck them

[Vinca]

2. Back to the 19th century with you.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. And he was soundly smacked and the fuckface resigned.

http://fox13now.com/2017/02/17/vice-chair-of-wasatch-county-gop-resigns-amid-criticism-over-letter-on-equal-pay-for-women/

[George II]

6. Too bad he won't change his opinion, though.

[CurtEastPoint]

7. Nope. Not a Mormon chance in hell...

[George II]

8. You mean a Mormon's chance in Heaven, right?

[Wellstone ruled]

10. You nailed it.

The apple did not fall far from the tree with this POS.

[C Moon]

4. If there's one redeeming factor coming out of the hell we're living through...

it's that these freaks are vocally coming out of the woodwork. They feel it's okay to be against personal freedoms; it's okay to be a racist; it's okay to be misogynistic.
It's not.
And notes are being taken.

[Hortensis]

13. Hope so. This one acted out and was smacked for it.

[riversedge]

5. Typical stupid Republican

[TexasBushwhacker]

9. I would think most families would welcome more money n/t

[Honeycombe8]

11. Outrageous!!

Grrrrrrrrrr.....

[BumRushDaShow]

12. The irony here being

that thanks to Raygun, the wages went into such a tailspin that many women who opted to "stay home and raise the children", could no longer do so as it took 2 (purposely-reduced due to greed) incomes to maintain that family.

As it is, for many POC women, our reality has always been that of working outside the home (in many cases by force) ever since we were dragged kicking and screaming here in chains.

Enough is enough.

[NickB79]

25. Yep. My mom had to get a job when the farm crisis hit in the 80's

While Reagan let small family farmers lose their land, my mom had to work overnights at a nursing home AND work the farm during the day with me and my dad just so we didn't starve.

[Blue Idaho]

14. Don't tell me - let me guess...

He's a Mormon...

[keithbvadu2]

15. What about men who do not have a family to support?

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What about men who do not have a family to support?

They do not need/deserve the extra pay and should get a woman's wage?

[Skittles]

16. what about single women?

we have to work (for less, according to him)

[keithbvadu2]

17. He has a few pieces missing from his equations

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What about single women with a family?

Shouldn't they be paid the higher wage?

[Skittles]

22. in his mind, women are simply worth less

he's just a garden-variety repuke misogynist

[keithbvadu2]

21. The idea deserves a lot of thought and study.

The idea deserves a lot of thought and study.

Can't rush into it, you know.

[NickB79]

27. For single moms, it's punishment for not keeping their legs closed

Sin tax, you see.

[LakeArenal]

30. Well,women only have to work until they find a man.

[not fooled]

19. They don't count

Not the "traditional family", esp. in Mormon-land.

[luvMIdog]

18. afraid their the women they trod upon will leave that's all

they're just afraid that once their women can afford to leave them they will. Makes it harder to beat your dang wife dang it

[Mc Mike]

20. Simultaneously, this neanderthal's colleagues claim there is no gender based wage discrimination.

And it's simple economic reality that those jobs that allowed for a single income family to live comfortably have been wiped out, for the vast majority of the working class population. So shithead Green's solution keeps the woman working to help her family, because they need the income. It just makes sure she can't help them as much financially, but she still has to spend as much time at work and 'away from their home and families, where they may prefer to be'.

He's just blatantly working for the interests of the penny pinching and sexist boss, and dressing it up in 'concern' for the 'traditional family' b.s.

[oldcynic]

23. Nothing new in this story, flashback 45 years

I worked for a company manufacturing circuit boards in about 1972. Only women were assigned to soldering components and only men made the boards (it was a long time ago...they were big). There was a significant difference in what men and women were paid, so I asked why. Bad habit of mine. The boss man (what else) actually told me that men were heads of household and women weren't.
It's the same strategy used by the right wing when fundamentalist religion deliberately began to take over school boards and local offices, patiently working their way up to the White House. This type of deplorable behavior is occurring all over the country.

[Denverchick]

24. typical Repuke male is afraid of ANY competition at all.

They are afraid that they might not automatically get paid more, get hired first, get the promotion first. Because if they have to compete with women and minorities it means they actually have to work, to do a good job, to excel at their profession. They are the ones who want the fucking handouts.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. This is exactly what this election was about.

And welcome to DU!

[Denverchick]

34. Thanks!

[Warpy]

26. Yeah, how could men boss everybody around if they didn't make more money?

Shoot, somebody might expect them to mop a floor or unload the dishwasher or something!

Yeah, this is what they're really saying. Schmucks.

[oasis]

29. And no women should ever think about becoming POTUS.

[Skittles]

33. it's pretty obvious they were NEVER going to let Hillary be president

even the freaking FBI got in on the Hillary Hysteria

[Worktodo]

31. He's wrong on two counts

First it's flat out discriminatory. Second, lower wages (and lower spending power) affects everyone. It part of the "wealth gap" everyone talks about. One way to bridge this is to tax wealthy people more and working people less. Perhaps the average CEO who makes 350 times or more of the average worker has more to do with it than fair wages for equal work.

[Solly Mack]

32. Idiot