Gov Scott Walker Runs Ad Supporting Equal Pay After Repealing Wisconsin’s Equal Pay Law
Voters tend to suffer from short term memory loss on voting day and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is counting on that. Walker released an ad on Tuesday in which his female lieutenant governor applauds his support for equal pay for women — just two years after the governor signed a bill repealing the state’s equal pay law, the Huffington Post reports.
[su_center_ad]”Under Scott Walker, workplace discrimination will always be illegal for any reason,” Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch says in the ad. “Mary Burke wants to create more opportunities to sue. We want to create more opportunities for women to succeed.”
Burke is popular with female voters and the two are in a close race.
Walker quietly signed a measure in 2012 that repealed Wisconsin’s Equal Pay Enforcement Act.
Naturally, Republicans applauded the repeal. “It’s an underreported problem, but a huge number of discrimination claims are baseless,” state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R) said.
The Huffington Post reports, “But the equal pay law appears to have been effective. Between 2009, when the law was signed, and 2010, Wisconsin women saw a 3 percent spike in median income measured as a percentage of male earnings. In the two years the law was in place, not one pay discrimination lawsuit was filed, and Wisconsin rose from 36th to 24th in the rankings of states with the best ratio of female to male pay.”
In contrast, after Walker repealed the legislation, Wisconsin dropped to 25th in wage gap rankings, according to 2013 data.
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There are other issues Walker will have to face. He failed to create 250,000 jobs, as promised. A recent study found that some 700,000 workers in Wisconsin are earning poverty-level wages. The governor has said he wants to create jobs that pay more than the minimum wage, but he also recently said that the minimum wage doesn’t serve a purpose, according to MSNBC. [su_csky_ad]
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Tommy6860 October 29th, 2014 at 8:39 am
Walker has always been a buffoon, now you can add being absent minded to that definition of him as well.
Gindy51 October 29th, 2014 at 12:59 pm
More like bald faced liar than absent minded.
NW10 October 29th, 2014 at 8:54 am
A last minute hail Mary attempt from Scooter.
rg9rts October 29th, 2014 at 9:30 am
He doesn’t think he knows that the electorate is stupid
M D Reese October 29th, 2014 at 1:17 pm
Well, we learned from Rummy that there are known knowns, and there are unknown knowns, which are of course knowns that we don’t know, but we don’t know that we don’t know them…..Help! I’m lost in a right wing thought bubble!
tiredoftea October 29th, 2014 at 1:31 pm
Take a deep breath and repeat after me; There are WMD’s in Iraq. There are WMD’s in Iraq.
M D Reese October 29th, 2014 at 3:02 pm
Wasn’t he just precious when he pretended to look for them under his desk? Good times, good times…
tiredoftea October 29th, 2014 at 3:07 pm
Now I understand why he doesn’t do landscapes.
M D Reese October 29th, 2014 at 3:09 pm
Are you ready for Jeb? I’m not.
tiredoftea October 29th, 2014 at 4:16 pm
I am not. But, on a relative basis, he’s a close to a moderate as they have, so we won’t have to endure him for too long as the other’s grab for the steering wheel of the klown kar.
M D Reese October 29th, 2014 at 4:26 pm
I’m bracing myself–I hate that high-pitched whine they make–and that little bell! “Ding ding” my left cheek!
Greg October 31st, 2014 at 8:02 am
I will suggest that most minorities are considering the only time the plantation master show up are during election time .you know them they are democratic candidate. keep waiting for their empty promises.
OldLefty October 31st, 2014 at 8:20 am
.you know them they are democratic candidate. keep waiting for their empty promises.
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Thou dost project too much, methinks!
That is EXACTLY what they KNOW to be true of the Republican candidates and THEIR empty promises.
rg9rts October 31st, 2014 at 9:49 am
Which is a FAR cry from what the GOPEE did to this nation…Remember Mr. Mission accomplished??? You need a refresher course in what that murder did???? I’ll be glad to oblige but space is limited…I’d settle for him and Murder Inc. at the World Court in the docket for crimes against humanity…want a rundown on the economy??? Still buy a Chevy can’t you….want more??? You a millionaire ??? Then you are happy the rest
R.J. Carter October 29th, 2014 at 9:32 am
Who’s stupid enough to say they support Equal Pay while their own administration is paying women less than men doing the same job?
Oh…
tracey marie October 29th, 2014 at 1:25 pm
not true and you know it
R.J. Carter October 29th, 2014 at 1:27 pm
What’s not true?
Kick Frenzy October 29th, 2014 at 3:19 pm
The report about the White House paying women less than men.
The truth to that is that only compares median pay for all employees, broken down into male/female.
What it doesn’t account for is what type of jobs are held by either group.
When you dig further into the issue, it turns out women hold the majority of lower level jobs while men hold the majority of senoir level jobs.
In other words, it’s not a disparity of women paid less for the same work, which is the point of fair pay.
Whether or not women are held back from higher level positions is another question altogether.
R.J. Carter October 29th, 2014 at 3:34 pm
That sounds exactly like the explanation that private businesses have given for their gender disparity gaps — seniority and position.
Kick Frenzy October 29th, 2014 at 4:11 pm
Except that a lot of those businesses also have a pay disparity for men and women working the same job, as far as I know.
Shades October 29th, 2014 at 9:40 am
Walker’s the poster boy for Derp.
M D Reese October 29th, 2014 at 1:15 pm
Dreamy eyes…makes you wonder if he’s ever home.
Pilotshark October 29th, 2014 at 9:52 am
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Well, see its only this much of a mis-truth, and besides i really, really i mean really want a nice free trip to California in a KockRoach motel extravagance.
Dave October 29th, 2014 at 10:04 am
Kleefish has the Bachman eyes going on….and the screech of Palin…..just think, if Walker runs, this idiot will be at the helm.
tiredoftea October 29th, 2014 at 11:01 am
“In the two years the law was in place, not one pay discrimination lawsuit was filed, and Wisconsin rose from 36th to 24th in the rankings of states with the best ratio of female to male pay.” See? Problem solved, no need for the law!
M D Reese October 29th, 2014 at 1:14 pm
I understand that racism in America is over now, too…
tiredoftea October 29th, 2014 at 1:30 pm
Exactly! We have generous and fair minded white guys to thank for the democratic paradise we all enjoy!
M D Reese October 29th, 2014 at 3:04 pm
I know that I’m sure grateful for the largesse of our godly white male overlords! They even let me drive and handle money!
tiredoftea October 29th, 2014 at 3:08 pm
And, charge you for the privilege.
M D Reese October 29th, 2014 at 3:10 pm
But 75% of everything I earn plus my firstborn seemed like a pretty good bargain…
tiredoftea October 29th, 2014 at 4:18 pm
You got the big discount!
M D Reese October 29th, 2014 at 4:25 pm
Yeah–they told me it was the family and friends discount. I felt honored.