Democrats use women as pawns; Conservatives fight back on Paycheck Fairness Act, equal pay nonsense

President Obama is in full pander mode with the Paycheck Fairness Act. While anyone with a functioning brain realizes that any alleged “gap” in pay is based on lifestyle choices, the Democrats are going all in on scare tactics in their usual quest to use women as pawns.

On a conference call w/ White House abt #EqualPay & the President got on personally to plug the Paycheck Fairness Act. Good Monday morning.

— Gina Trapani ?️‍? (@ginatrapani) June 4, 2012

This is more than fairness. If women earn less just because of gender, effects economy. Everyone suffers – @barackobama. #equalpay

— Nilofer Merchant (@nilofer) June 4, 2012

Hey, genius, everyone suffers when there are atrocious jobs reports and ever-increasing unemployment, caused by you and your policies.

On a conference call with supporters of the equal pay for equal work measure, Pres Obama says Congress needs to "step up and do its job."

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) June 4, 2012

Oh, our aching sides!

Did You Know That Women Are Still Paid Less Than Men? http://t.co/rCKAE4bl

— Charlie Gonzalez (@TX20CharlieG) June 4, 2012

Yes. In The White House, as Twitchy explained to Valerie Jarrett who joined Twitter today to help spread the lies.

@HildaSolisDOL @whitehouse @VJ44 Now Socialist party member Hilda Solis joins in the fight against Obama always paying women less. #TCOT

— WeOwe Congress Debts (@owendbanks) June 4, 2012

The newest tyrant on Twitter is Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) Immediately pushing the "equal pay" red herring to distract from fiscal catastrophe

— Joe the Dissident (@joethepatriotic) June 4, 2012

The misnamed Paycheck Fairness Act is a special-interest bill for litigators and aggrieved women’s groups. A core provision would encourage class-action lawsuits and force defendants to settle under threat of uncapped punitive damages. Employers would be liable not only for intentional discrimination (banned long ago) but for the “lingering effects of past discrimination.” What does that mean? Employers have no idea. Universities, for example, typically pay professors in the business school more than those in the school of social work. That’s a fair outcome of market demand. But according to the gender theory permeating this bill, market forces are tainted by “past discrimination.” Gender “experts” will testify that sexist attitudes led society to place a higher value on male-centered fields like business than female-centered fields like social work. Faced with multimillion-dollar lawsuits and attendant publicity, innocent employers will settle. They will soon be begging for the safe harbor of federally determined occupational wage scales.

This bill also authorizes the secretary of labor to award grants to organizations to teach women and girls how to negotiate better salaries and compensation packages. Where is the justice in that? The current recession has hit men harder than women. Census data from 2008 show that single, childless women in their 20s now earn 8 percent more on average than their male counterparts in metropolitan areas. If Congress is going to enact labor legislation with the word “fair” in it, it cannot limit the benefits to women. Senators may be tempted to vote for the Paycheck Fairness Act out in the mistaken belief that it is a common-sense equity bill. It is not. It won’t help women, but it will create havoc in an already precarious job market.

Truth is hard. And truth doesn’t matter to those who seek to constantly use women for their own end.

When Obama tells you an outrageous lie what he means is "I think Americans are dumb enough to believe this" #EqualPay

— 99 Votes (@99votes) June 4, 2012

Bingo. Don’t fall for it, ladies.