Obama’s pay policies show he is not for equal pay for women.
Obama pays women almost 20% less than men.Â
Actions speak louder than words, Mr. President.Â
The goal that women be paid equally for same experience and skills has been addressed since JFK. See picture.
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Y: Andrew Stiles, Washington Free Beacon – April 11, 2012 2:52 pm
Female employees in the Obama White House make considerably less than their male colleagues, records show.
According to the 2011 annual report on White House staff, female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, which was about 18 percent less than the median salary for male employees ($71,000).
Calculating the median salary for each gender required some assumptions to be made based on the employee names. When unclear, every effort was taken to determine the appropriate gender.
The Obama campaign on Wednesday lashed out at presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney for his failure to immediately endorse the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, a controversial law enacted in 2009 that made it easier to file discrimination lawsuits.
President Obama has frequently criticized the gender pay gap, such as the one that exists in White House.
“Paycheck discrimination hurts families who lose out on badly needed income,†he said in a July 2010 statement. “And with so many families depending on women’s wages, it hurts the American economy as a whole.â€
It is not known whether any female employees at the White House have filed lawsuits under the Ledbetter Act.
The president and his Democratic allies have accused Republicans of waging a “war on women,†and have touted themselves as champions of female equality. Obama’s rhetoric, however, has not always been supported by his actions.