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Should Us Companies be Required to Give Equal Pay to Men and Women?

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Yes, indeedee! In the millennium century of 2008, what a great place to live and work. This cannot possible be a problem, or it should not have to be at this time of our lives. One person does a job they should get paid regardless of their sex. It does not matter if the job is performed by a man or a woman, same pay. The only time it should reflect differently, is if someone is not doing their job, or the performance is not up to par and getting paid as if it were. This rule should apply to a man or a woman, never mind the sex. If a person can do their job as they should, same pay.

In the sixties, men said women working took money from them to feed their families. Well, there is no excuse anymore. Didn't women win their rights? Wasn't that part of the bra burning ceremonies after all? I thought things were equal a long time ago, what is wrong with the government?

The divorce rate runs along what, fifty percent? Or pretty darn close. Single parent families have to make a living, whether they are men or women. Shoot, married couples usually have to both work to make ends meet these days. Prices are high, thanks to the gas and recession. People have to live, car payments, mortgages, and for some child support and alimony.

Even if one person in a couple could handle it all, the other should still feel freedom to work and get the pay deserved for the job,as long as anyone does the job they are paid to do.
This is actually an insulted question to admit "no" to.

As we type our thoughts, there are men and women in Iraq, having to leave their families, to fight in a war, so we can be free of terrorists. They protect us every day of our lives so we can discuss whether it is appropriate for the government to say officially, men and women should get the same pay for the same job.

I am sorry, it really is insulting. Women living alongside the men in the filthy desert, eating food pouches, carrying weapons protecting us, our government should wake up and see the light. We need women working, as we do men, getting the same pay for the same job. If Hillary Clinton wins, do we pay her less than George? How can this not be a law? Same work for the same pay.

If the US government can not see this, perhaps, a couple of senators or congressmen, male of course, should live like the women in Iraq for a couple of months and walk a mile in their shoes. As a woman, I know I could not. They deserve their salary they earn today as much as the men. !

I only hope another hundred years won't pass before this matter is settled and equal.

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