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Independent Women’s Forum Executive Director Sabrina Schaeffer on why she opposes the Paycheck Fairness Act.
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Welcome back its battle of the sexes leading the fight those appoint to stats like women earnings seventy cents on the dollar compared to men.
A lot of protect women's pay what it really help the British papers with the independent women's group it she says.
You think you know you don't want the slot how cop.
Absolutely not this is just the last you know most recent effort to extend that Warren -- -- -- that really they're so busy playing gender politics -- -- ignoring.
The very serious economic crisis that we're facing right now with eight point 2% unemployment still.
But how do you -- -- -- women make an average of seventy cents to every dollar that men make that sounds like a clear cut case for discrimination.
Well this is that this is a problem with all of this kind of legislation is that it's.
Based on the myth of the wage gap this mission that women make less than than that and that there's this widespread discrimination that's to blame.
Rather than recognizing that men and women make different choices whether it's college -- -- professional choices or time spent out of the workplace.
And all of those things add at and they have consequences and -- different choices.
And that doesn't mean at the workplace is openly hostile toward women are that there is widespread discrimination to blame.
See I was gonna say why do you think we need -- lie isn't it already illegal -- -- already illegal -- pay whatever is.
You're actually right -- and it is that we already have huge federal laws on the -- that the equal rights amendment of 1963.
And the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and what's more I think -- often overlooked in this whole conversation.
It all that valued -- women bring to the workplace the fact is.
Women earn more BA's more and -- MR Ph.D.s and then these days.
Women are increasingly becoming the breadwinners women -- -- leading consumers of everything from groceries to cars.
The fact is that business is one women because they're an important part of the workforce so -- -- artists.
-- the target illegal though I mean what do you care let him pass another -- what difference would -- How much they mean I think that's the small business out there that is gonna suddenly have these tremendous headaches that that the government's going to say you have today you know.
Prove -- you're paying ex employee this much money.
And it's going to limit the ability for an employer to tie compensation to actual work product -- work quality.
And -- it's going to be the government saying you need to pay someone.
This much because we think sell -- -- British paper thanks so much coming out we appreciate it.
Thanks for having me.
