Quoting Arlo Bensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Ron, > > Platt is not correct. Plain and simple. Do we pay smokers more than > non-smokers because we expect non-smokers to live (and thus work) > longer? Should I go upstairs and ask for a raise because I changed my > diet to cheeseburgers from salads? Or, like you correctly point out, > should Native Americans receive more pay because they have a lower > life expectancy? > > More importantly, do we set a lower age for retirement for men than > women? I mean, if women are expected to live/work longer, retiring at > the same age would make that "annuity" bunk quite transparent. So we > demand that while men can start receiving retirement/SS at, say, age > 65, women are not allowed to collect until they turn 70. > > Quite simply, Ron, you are correct. It _is_ discrimination. The > historical "justification" given to women receiving less pay has been > their "undependability" in running off and squeezing out puppies. But > even this is simply fabrication to justify discrimination when one > wonders if a woman tells her company she's had a hysterectomy if they > would up her salary. Do you think? Nope. > > Women receive less because they are valued less. That's the market > reality. Same for any salary inequities.
Utter and complete nonsense. Check life expectancy tables at: http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c6.html ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
