Political Quotes

“after another whole year, a very unfortunate milestone has once again arrived. Today is Equal Pay Day. This is the day in 2016 when the average working woman, after all last year and the first 3 months of this year, finally earns as much money as the average man did only during last year. So if we started the clock in 2015, the average woman had to work an extra 103 days to earn the same amount of money as a man. Imagine two people were both hired at a company. They both work hard. They have the same amount of experience and the same qualifications, but they have one very important difference: One of those workers is a man, and the other is a woman. As a result, they will not be paid the same. Right now, on average, for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes only 79 cents. That is the average for all women. Many other groups of women have it even worse. Working mothers earn only 75 cents for every dollar working fathers make. African-American women earn just 60 cents for every dollar a white male makes. And our Latina women have it the worst. They earn just 55 cents for every dollar a white male makes. The United States of America still doesn't pay its men and women equally for the same exact work, and it is unacceptable that in the year 2016 we are still fighting to fix this basic problem. Think about how this pay gap affects our families. More women than ever are earning their family's paycheck.…”