Hillary Clinton paid female staff 72 cents for each dollar paid to men when she was a senator

[Cheese Sandwich]

Though former secretary of state and presumed 2016 candidate Hillary Clinton is known for her vocal support of women's equality, during her time in the Senate she perhaps wasn't so consistent on this issue. Analysis done by the Washington Free Beacon of the salaries Clinton paid her female and male Senate staffers revealed that male staffers were paid, on average, about $15,000 more than females.



The difference works out to about 72 cents paid to women for each dollar paid to male staff, which is even more marked a disparity than the widely cited figure of 77 cents on the dollar.

http://theweek.com/speedreads/540672/hillary-clinton-paid-female-staff-72-cents-each-dollar-paid-men-when-senator

[uponit7771]

1. Which was higher than avg, Hillary still wins Sanders still had someone who called Obama niggerized

... stump for him in front of mostly white people in IA and NH

next?

tia

[AgerolanAmerican]

2. so you're fine with people paying women 78% of what men are paid?

That's higher than average, too. So just dandy, right?

[uponit7771]

3. Nope, I'm ok with Hillary being better than avg at the time and wanting things to be better overalll

... in regards to pay equity.

Republicans hate Hillary Clinton, I don't

[AgerolanAmerican]

18. But she was actually significantly worse than average

Average was 77% and Clinton paid 72%... that's a significant gap.

Don't you think some criticism of this practice is due and proper?

[B Calm]

32. Crickets. . LOL

[uponit7771]

39. This is false and has been debunked outright, freeperville memes < facts

[ThePhilosopher04]

23. That's the Hillary can do spirit I know

settle for half-measures and claim you're fighting like hell, all the while enriching the pockets of corporate America. Sheep will be sheep.

[CorporatistNation]

28. Facts Are Facts... Hillary Is Hypocritical And Did Not Display LEADERSHIP When The Opportunity

to Raise Women Up Presented itself... She could have and should have taken a stand when she was ... technically speaking the EMPLOYER of these women!

[uponit7771]

40. Already two post here showing the op is false, more sophistry from a desperate Sanders camp

[Buddyblazon]

37. WOOOOHOOOO!

LETS AIM FOR MEDIOCRITY, Y'ALL!

[fun n serious]

19. Dis Sanders even have women on his staff? nt

[jmg257]

38. I think that was Bill's responsibility. He was very good at it! Nt

[MADem]

11. It is a great big honking right wing lie--and they brought it here, to DEMOCRATIC Underground.

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/04/gender-pay-gap-in-clintons-senate-office/

[uponit7771]

13. WOW....They're just making shit up at this point

[MADem]

14. Yeah, when they're sharing sources with the Trumpistas, it's getting sad. Free Beacon is a piece of

shit source.

[uponit7771]

15. I'm still of the mind that 3/4 of them are straight out of freeperville, they even think like em...

... fuck facts and math.

Straight up freeper

[MADem]

16. The originator of this thread, if he wanted to salvage his reputation, should apologize, admit his

error, and delete the damn thread.

Will it happen? Let's see.....


Cue the Jeopardy theme!!!!

[ThePhilosopher04]

24. When all else fails hurl Freeper allegations. Amusing.

[uponit7771]

26. all else hasnt failed

[mrdmk]

21. Flat out, your on ignore. Talk about a stump...

[pinebox]

33. And Hillary voted for Iraq which resulted in the deaths of millions.

End of story.

Oh and Hillary has has her interns volunteer, Bernie pays them. Sorry, you lose.

[NWCorona]

36. What does that have to do with pay equity?

Besides you left out that was West who said that.

Didn't Bill Clinton say that Obama should be getting him coffee?

[dchill]

4. "It's what she offered."

[hrmjustin]

5. Why are you posting rw trash from the Washington Free Bacon?

And no i don't buy their numbers.

[blue neen]

7. I don't either.

It doesn't specify what types of positions that people held, etc. This is very unscientific information. In fact, the article says that in 2005 women were paid slightly higher than men on her staff.

[MADem]

10. It's not true, they have no shame. When they use GOP lies to make the point...well....

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/04/gender-pay-gap-in-clintons-senate-office/

[blue neen]

12. Thanks for the info.

I thought something seemed amiss:

"Pushing back against that analysis, the Clinton campaign provided FactCheck.org a list of the names, titles and annual salaries of every full-time person employed in Clinton’s Senate office between 2002 and 2008. Those data show the median salary for men and women to be the same at $40,000. The data also show Clinton hired roughly twice as many women as men."

"The Clinton list of salaries included full-time workers who may have worked only part of the year, or who took brief unpaid leaves of absence. The Free Beacon list excluded anyone who did not work for an entire fiscal year. Left off the Free Beacon list, for example, was a male assistant to the chief of staff earning a salary of $35,000, because he took a two-week unpaid leave of absence to work on a House campaign."

[MADem]

9. This blatant right-wing LIE has been debunked.

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/04/gender-pay-gap-in-clintons-senate-office/

[MattP]

6. She's better than him now, whats his excuse?

[MADem]

8. Ah, this old right wing lie again!!! Y'all have NO shame!!! Jumping in bed with REINCE PRIEBUS!

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/04/gender-pay-gap-in-clintons-senate-office/

The Republican National Committee chairman says Hillary Clinton paid women in her Senate office less than men. But annual salary data provided by the Clinton campaign show median salaries for men and women in Clinton’s office were virtually identical.
What gives? The answer may be unsatisfying, but it boils down to methodology.
RNC chairman Reince Priebus based his claim on a report by the Washington Free Beacon of publicly available expense reports submitted biannually to the secretary of the Senate. Looking at median salaries among full-time, year-round employees, the Free Beacon concluded that women working in Clinton’s Senate office were paid 72 cents for each dollar paid to men.
Pushing back against that analysis, the Clinton campaign provided FactCheck.org a list of the names, titles and annual salaries of every full-time person employed in Clinton’s Senate office between 2002 and 2008. Those data show the median salary for men and women to be the same at $40,000. The data also show Clinton hired roughly twice as many women as men.
The Clinton list of salaries included full-time workers who may have worked only part of the year, or who took brief unpaid leaves of absence. The Free Beacon list excluded anyone who did not work for an entire fiscal year. Left off the Free Beacon list, for example, was a male assistant to the chief of staff earning a salary of $35,000, because he took a two-week unpaid leave of absence to work on a House campaign.
“There are many different ways to measure these things and you will get slightly different answers,” Eileen Patten, a research analyst at the Pew Research Center told us in a phone interview. “It’s not that either data set is flawed. They just show different things.”

Heckuvajob, there, Brownies! Grab that rightwing bullshit and spread it around!!

[Zira]

17. figures.

[jfern]

20. I think her campaign and the Clinton Foundation also shortchange women

[anotherproletariat]

22. Debunked...see link

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/04/gender-pay-gap-in-clintons-senate-office/

[Cheese Sandwich]

25. I will delete this OP in exchange for one deleted OP on Sanders fake vatican scandal

[Starry Messenger]

27. Tragic OP is tragic.

[Cheese Sandwich]

35. I will try to do better

[Jitter65]

29. You have to pair experience, job level, and job type. Then determine pay

Pay for SAME job. Not many jobs are at the same level in a campaign. If there is one male press secretay and one female secretary then the salaries can be compared.

[Scuba]

30. Kinda like being a champion of the Fight for $15 by advocating $12.

She can't be trusted.

[Vinca]

31. Hillary's "honesty" surfaces again.

[Nye Bevan]

34. Thanks to the several DUers who have posted the link debunking this "story" (nt)