Bush screws women (pays them less than men)

[Jamastiene]

Here's an interesting link with sources noted:
http://www.thetruthaboutgeorge.com/women/index.html

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Bush White House Perpetuates the Wage Gap
With new leaked White House salary figures and an Excel spreadsheet, crack Washington Post researcher Margot Williams determined in July that men in the Bush White House earn an average of $76,624 a year, and women earn $59,917 on average. That means Bush women are paid about 78 cents for every dollar that Bush men earn—similar to the wage gap that still exists between men and women throughout the U.S. (In 1963, women employed full-time in the U.S. were paid, on average, only 59 cents to the dollar received by men; in 2001 women were paid 76 cents for every dollar received by men.) At the White House, the gap is the result of the predominance of men in highest-paid jobs; 12 of the 17 White House staffers earning $157,000—the top of the pay scale this year—are men. Men and women are paid similar salaries for similar work, says The Post, but fewer women hold top positions.
Sources: "Leaked Salary List Shows Bush's Highest Paid Staff Mostly Male," Dana Milbank, Washington Post, July 13, 2004; "White House Salary List Released," Ken Herman, Cox News Service, July 13, 2004; National Organization for Women, "Pay Equity: A Long Overdue Step in the Road to Equality," April 9, 2003.

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[oddmanout]

1. Is anyone surprised by this?

:dem:

[lukasahero]

2. I'll be even less surprised when folks

start to show up here to defend it. (Wait, it'll happen.)