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Thread #148893   Message #3461298
Posted By: GUEST,999
04-Jan-13 - 01:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: Dems in power- Results
Subject: RE: BS: Dems in power- Results
"That may present more of a problem, as the President's platform clearly values equal pay, as Mr Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act only nine days into his term.

The current administration's gender differential is certainly not the first, as former President Bill Clinton only had four women among his 17 top paid employees.

The downward trend continued with President George W. Bush, who only had 35 women among his top 122 workers.

Unlike in previous years, Mr Obama may be held to a greater degree of accountability on the issue now as both parties paint the other as waging a war against women."

BBruce has a point. The above snip is from the following article.

A fuller picture presented here.