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Labor & Worker Rights Thu Jan 29 2009
Kudos, Dem Congress, President Obama
The Lilly Ledbetter Act is ridiculously long overdue. I remember Jesse Jackson fighting for equal pay in 1988. That there has been structural, institutional pay discrimination against a majority group in the population for the last, uh, forever, without public policy remedy is ludicrous.
From WhiteHouse.gov:
"Ultimately, equal pay isn't just an economic issue for millions of Americans and their families, it's a question of who we are -- and whether we're truly living up to our fundamental ideals," President Obama said. "Whether we'll do our part, as generations before us, to ensure those words put on paper some 200 years ago really mean something -- to breathe new life into them with a more enlightened understanding that is appropriate for our time.
Richard Lorenc
/ January 29, 2009 7:58 PM
What a silly law. I don't doubt its sincerity, but who would have thought that "fair," and "equal" could be defined by a handful of congresspeople and their staff, not to mention countless judges in the future?