Happy “Equal Pay Day” from Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett!
Happy birthday to my friend Lilly Ledbetter! Coincidence that it's also #EqualPayDay. She's our inspiration to keep pushing. #womensucceed
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) April 14, 2015
Women still only make $.78 to every $1 a man earns. On avg, it takes a woman until 4/14/15 to earn what a man earned in 2014. #EqualPayDay
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) April 14, 2015
And not only is she trotting out a bogus statistic…
Fact Check: Women do not make 77 cents to every dollar a man earns http://t.co/9Sj7VkuAhy
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 1, 2014
Some thoughts on the bogus feminist holiday known as Equal Pay Day and the 23% gender pay gap myth that won't die http://t.co/2gZP4Kd9E2
— Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) April 14, 2015
The ‘Equal Pay Day’ factoid that women make 78 cents for every dollar earned by men gets TWO PINOCCHIOS http://t.co/4wuqKUBJz4
— Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) April 14, 2015
… But if you do use the White House’s own statistical reasoning, there is a pay gap at the White House that Jarrett is not addressing:
On Equal Pay Day, will the White House Address Its Own 18% (and $14,300) Gender Pay Gap? http://t.co/fJyQ4CurNq
— Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) April 14, 2015
@vj44 What about the ones in the WH who earn less? Any comment on that Val?
— Kevin Burton (@KevinBurton7) April 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/1GrandpaSteve13/status/587956177914298368
.@repjohnconyers Why don't you ask @BarackObama why he doesn't have equal pay in the White House.
— #AVGeek SkzDaLimit (@skzdaIimit) April 14, 2015
So we say to Ms. Jarrett, fix your own house first!
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