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In reply to the discussion: Todd Akin Suggests Employers Should Be Able To Pay Women Less [View all]McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)28. So he is good with firing Americans and hiring illegal immigrants for lower wages?
And child labor is ok, too?
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Just recently, I had a couple DUers ask me why passing an Equal Rights Amendment would even matter
pnwmom
Sep 2012
#2
"women are always smarter, less egotistical, and more receptive . . ."
4th law of robotics
Sep 2012
#47
McCaskill wanted Caveman Akin for a punching bag and skillfully got him. He continues to oblige. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#5
McCaskill has an ad budget in reserve and held back on pounding him so that he would stay in. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2012
#11
And his political consultant compared him to being under seige...like David Koresh!
randome
Sep 2012
#9
They seem to believe that blatant, open discrimination based on sex is perfectly fine.......
Swede Atlanta
Sep 2012
#21
Is Akin intentionally trying to distract voters from the stupid things Mitt Romney says?
tclambert
Sep 2012
#25
the first we should do is remove the 'fixed' payment for members of congress from our statutes
Fresh_Start
Sep 2012
#26
So he is good with firing Americans and hiring illegal immigrants for lower wages?
McCamy Taylor
Sep 2012
#28
This is the Republican Party line. The strong now have "freedom" to lie, cheat, and steal.
yardwork
Sep 2012
#38
That's right. Under their Libertarian economic policy, the owners are free to do anything they want.
pnwmom
Sep 2012
#58
They don't believe in democracy. They believe in a completely different system.
yardwork
Sep 2012
#68
Many years ago I worked for a bank as a teller. I knew I was making less than a fellow male
lumpy
Sep 2012
#53
So, it's okay having a man & a woman in the same job & paying either one of them less. nt
patrice
Sep 2012
#54