McCain to Women on Equal Pay: Get Education and Training
Posted by Matt Ortega on July 11, 2008 at 02:39 PM
Speaking at a town hall today in Wisconsin, John McCain told a crowd that he is "committed to equal pay for equal work." This is news because, as the McCain record shows, he hasn't been committed to that at all.
In April, he skipped the vote on the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which would have rectified the Supreme Court decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear “that made it much harder for women and other workers to pursue pay discrimination claims.”In fact, on that very same day, McCain said that if he had been in the Senate, he would have voted against it because the bill “opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems.” He also dismissed the importance of equal pay, saying that women simply need “education and training.“ [emphasis added]
Shorter McCain campaign to women: Get some education and training, and stop your whining.
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