Women in McCain's office get paid more than women in Obama's office

[itsrobert]

say republicans and media.


Wouldn't you think that has to do with Seniority? Usually the more time someone works for a company, the more they make.

[renegade000]

1. well how much are the men paid?

i would guess that the men are paid more in the mccain camp as well.

[dems_rightnow]

2. Where's this story from?

I haven't seen it......

[itsrobert]

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carla fiorina

[LiberalFighter]

12. Didn't she get fired by Hewlett Packard?

[Captain Hilts]

3. You'd have to pay me a LOT to work there!

ER: And how!

[Breeze54]

4. They're lying... Mccain's a liar...

and they didn't provide any back up and how the hell would mccain know anyway?

[jbnow]

5. You're absolutely right. McCain has been a Senator

26 million eons, his people have probably been there much longer. People usually get raises every year. (If some have been there over a decade or two they'd make so much more that it's possible even his starting wage would be higher now.)
It would be crazy if it was the other way around.

[barbtries]

6. show me some proof

i don't believe one word out of that campaign just on the basis of they said it.

[stray cat]

7. The men get paid less as well - look at Gibbs - Obama's people are not bought off

[firedupdem]

8. He was the deciding vote against equal pay for equal work

which effects women!



http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/23/mccain-dismisses-equal-pay-legislation-says-women-need-more-training-and-education/

[Hubert Flottz]

10. Free beer and porkchops don't count...

[Princess Turandot]

11. Errr..that's a bit of a simplication..

Here are the paid salaries for everyone making over $40k for each of them. I imagine that they are grossly overblowing the fact that McSame's highest paid person is a woman making $65k as his Legislative Director. Obama's makes $60k and is a guy.

There's no glaring inequalities here.



Obama: http://www.legistorm.com/member/76/Sen_Barack_Obama/48/salary/desc.html

Payee Name Start date End date Position Amount Notes
Lu, Christopher P 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Director $60,000.00
Mosley, Carolyn D 10/01/07 03/31/08 Administrative Manager $50,499.96
Williams-Bennett, Kenneth F 10/01/07 03/31/08 Staff Director $48,546.66
Rouse, Peter 10/01/07 03/31/08 Chief of Staff $47,371.10
Solomon, Ian H 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Counsel $46,999.92
Kornbluh, Karen 10/01/07 03/31/08 Policy Director $43,999.92
Hughes, Dora L 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Assistant $41,499.96
Sepulveda, Daniel A 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Assistant $41,499.96
Bhowmik, Rachana 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Counsel $41,499.96
Atkinson, Henry T 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Assistant $41,499.96

McSame: http://www.legistorm.com/member/69/Sen_John_McCain/48/salary/desc.html

Begeman, Ann D 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Director $65,298.48
Fontaine, Richard H Jr 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Assistant $50,367.56
Pounds, Virginia A 10/01/07 03/31/08 Office Manager $47,621.70
Hickman, Paul T 10/01/07 03/31/08 State Director $47,224.98
Dunn, Lee C 10/01/07 03/31/08 Counsel $44,083.98
Cahill, Ellen 10/01/07 03/31/08 Scheduler $44,042.70
Donaldson, Babette J 10/01/07 03/31/08 Deputy State Director $41,977.68

[LiberalFighter]

13. I wonder why she gets paid more? Probably not all for Senate work.

But, Obama has more staff than McCain too. And each Senator has the same funding as everyone else except for Majority, Minority leaders and others in leadership roles.

[itsrobert]

16. More staff? More people in his state?

Could that be it?

[LiberalFighter]

18. Each Senator decides how many staff they wish for their offices.

They may decide 1 or 2 fewer and pay a favorite much more.

[johnaries]

15. Thank you! There's the proof of "equal work-pay".

It's hard to compare most of the positions because of different responsibilities, but looking at the bottom of the list of Obama's staff:

Hughes, Dora L 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Assistant $41,499.96
Sepulveda, Daniel A 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Assistant $41,499.96
Bhowmik, Rachana 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Counsel $41,499.96
Atkinson, Henry T 10/01/07 03/31/08 Legislative Assistant $41,499.96

There you go - 2 men, 2 women (judging by their names), all making the exact same salary.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

20. Bookmarked.

Thanks. :thumbsup:

[JerseygirlCT]

14. Lobbyists are used to being very well-paid

Not so much "community organizers".

[AtomicKitten]

17. What's relevant is how much they pay women as compared to men in their respective offices.

Comparing the pay of women in each office isn't relevant. That could mean McBush pays women more than Obama pays women, but McBush pays men more than women in his own office.

More circuitous logic from barking loons in the GOP and media looking for ANYTHING uttered against Obama to stick to the wall.

[Blue Belle]

19. That's because Obama...

knows his way around the keyboard and the internets and doesn't have to rely on the "Office Girls" to do it for him.

Seriously, this is just another lie perpetuated by the McCain Campaign to prove they aren't sexist.