Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN): Women 'Don't Want' Equal Pay Laws

[Tx4obama]

Marsha Blackburn: Women 'Don't Want' Equal Pay Laws

Republican congresswoman Marsha Blackburn said on Sunday that women "don't want" equal pay laws.

During a roundtable discussion on NBC's Meet The Press, former White House advisor David Axelrod asked if she would support a law promoting workplace gender equality. Blackburn responded:

"I think that more important than that is making certain that women are recognized by those companies. You know, I’ve always said that I didn’t want to be given a job because I was a female, I wanted it because I was the most well-qualified person for the job. And making certain that companies are going to move forward in that vein, that is what women want. They don’t want the decisions made in Washington. They want to be able to have the power and the control and the ability to make those decisions for themselves."

Blackburn voted against the 2009 Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a landmark bill for women's rights in the workplace. The law makes it easier for women to file wage discrimination suits against employers. She also voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act of 2009.

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Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/02/marsha-blackburn-equal-pay-laws_n_3375167.html

[kestrel91316]

1. Speak for yourself, you Stepford fembot.

[BenzoDia]

2. Women spoke loud and clear last presidential election. Equality was obviously an important issue.

[liberal N proud]

3. It's not about the money

I say bullshit!


It's always about the money. This crap about women or any one else needing a descent paycheck is pure corporate propaganda designed to excuse the fact that corporations put profit over fair pay.

[House of Roberts]

4. 'Brentwood' Blackburn doesn't need equal pay.

She's already got her equal pay job in the House of Representatives.

[SteveG]

5. This was her official entry into the "Michelle Bachmann replacement contest for most insane

Republican in Congress" tournament. Louis Gomhert is so far her most notable rival for the honor.

[Tx4obama]

6. That's what I sorta thought. I don't know what other batty things she has said in the past...

... I really don't know much at all about her.

[blkmusclmachine]

7. In your dreams, Marsha.

[erpowers]

8. What Women has Marsha Blackburn Talked to About This Issue

Who are the women who have told Rep. Blackburn that they do not seek equal pay? Also the statement that she made, which is listed in the above article has nothing to do with equal pay. So should a woman get a job because she is the most qualified and them be paid less because she is a woman?

Equal pay for women has nothing to do with hiring a woman just because she is a woman. It is about making sure that if a woman is hired and does the same job as a man that she gets paid the same amount as a man.

[CBHagman]

9. Reflexive dig at affirmative action, too.

It would be so easy for her to have simply said, "Equal pay for equal work is a no-brainer." Instead she trots out the coded language and ends with a fake endorsement of empowerment.

I'd like to see her pull this stunt in front of a crowd of women of various ages and be forced to explain she's really saying corporations will treat women as they sit fit and the women can like it or lump it.

[awoke_in_2003]

10. So does that mean...

that she is ready to get paid 70% of her fellow male congressmen?

[madinmaryland]

11. Has she volunteered to have her salary in the House cut in half.

* crickets *