Mr. Mensch
07-02-2014, 01:58 PM
Remember when the White House declared war (http://thepoliticalforums.com/archives/2014/04/08/wh-hey-our-gender-pay-gap-is-less-than-average/) on the gender pay gap (http://thepoliticalforums.com/archives/2014/02/02/the-myth-of-the-gender-wage-gap/)? The Obama administration has actually declared war on it a couple of times in 2014 (http://thepoliticalforums.com/archives/2014/01/30/mcclatchy-wonders-how-does-the-obama-white-house-stack-up-on-equal-pay/), only to take the field and have everyone else point out (http://thepoliticalforums.com/archives/2014/04/08/video-cnn-not-exactly-impressed-with-wh-do-as-we-say-not-as-we-do-pay-equity-position/) that the enemy was themselves (http://thepoliticalforums.com/archives/2014/04/09/nrsc-how-many-2014-democratic-incumbents-have-gender-pay-equity-gaps/). The media took some time this spring to point out both the hypocrisy (http://thepoliticalforums.com/archives/2014/04/10/marcus-say-this-equal-pay-demagoguery-from-democrats-is-quite-revolting-huh/) and the dishonesty (http://thepoliticalforums.com/archives/2014/04/09/wapo-obama-gets-two-pinocchios-for-honesty-gap-on-wages/) that went into the White House argument.
Last week (http://www.mndaily.com/news/politics/2014/06/26/obama-hosts-minneapolis-town-hall), Obama tried resurrecting the argument in his latest pivot to the economy.
Just how infuriating is this to Obama? It’s so infuriating that, er, his White House still has the same gender pay gap that it’s had since the beginning of his term (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/male-female-pay-gap-remains-entrenched-at-white-house/2014/07/01/dbc6c088-0155-11e4-8fd0-3a663dfa68ac_story.html). Despite all of the attention to Obama’s hypocrisy on this particular point, and despite all of the transparency there is on salaries at the White House, women still earn 13% less than men on the staff that Obama directly controls:
The average male White House employee currently earns about $88,600, while the average female White House employee earns about $78,400, according to White House data released Tuesday. That is a gap of 13 percent.
In 2009, male employees made an average of about $82,000, compared to an average of $72,700 earned by female employees — also a 13 percent wage gap.
Why does it persist? Because men get more positions of authority in the Obama administration:
One of the key reasons is that more men hold the highest-paying, senior jobs in the White House, and more women hold the lowest-paying, junior jobs. Today, there are 87 male White House officials who make more than $100,000, compared to 53 female White House officials. The gap narrows, but persists, at the highest echelons of the White House.
And yet again, the White House wants to argue that its own practices should be held to a different standard than the White House applies to everyone else:
White House officials say that even if the aggregate statistics show a gap, men and women in the same roles at the White House are paid similar amounts. “At the White House, we have equal pay for equal work,” said White House spokeswoman Jessica Santillo. “Men and women in equivalent roles earn equivalent salaries, and over half of our departments are run by women.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/07/02/surprise-white-house-gender-pay-gap-just-as-bad-as-ever/
Isn't there a saying about throwing stones and glass houses?
Last week (http://www.mndaily.com/news/politics/2014/06/26/obama-hosts-minneapolis-town-hall), Obama tried resurrecting the argument in his latest pivot to the economy.
Just how infuriating is this to Obama? It’s so infuriating that, er, his White House still has the same gender pay gap that it’s had since the beginning of his term (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/male-female-pay-gap-remains-entrenched-at-white-house/2014/07/01/dbc6c088-0155-11e4-8fd0-3a663dfa68ac_story.html). Despite all of the attention to Obama’s hypocrisy on this particular point, and despite all of the transparency there is on salaries at the White House, women still earn 13% less than men on the staff that Obama directly controls:
The average male White House employee currently earns about $88,600, while the average female White House employee earns about $78,400, according to White House data released Tuesday. That is a gap of 13 percent.
In 2009, male employees made an average of about $82,000, compared to an average of $72,700 earned by female employees — also a 13 percent wage gap.
Why does it persist? Because men get more positions of authority in the Obama administration:
One of the key reasons is that more men hold the highest-paying, senior jobs in the White House, and more women hold the lowest-paying, junior jobs. Today, there are 87 male White House officials who make more than $100,000, compared to 53 female White House officials. The gap narrows, but persists, at the highest echelons of the White House.
And yet again, the White House wants to argue that its own practices should be held to a different standard than the White House applies to everyone else:
White House officials say that even if the aggregate statistics show a gap, men and women in the same roles at the White House are paid similar amounts. “At the White House, we have equal pay for equal work,” said White House spokeswoman Jessica Santillo. “Men and women in equivalent roles earn equivalent salaries, and over half of our departments are run by women.”
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/07/02/surprise-white-house-gender-pay-gap-just-as-bad-as-ever/
Isn't there a saying about throwing stones and glass houses?