Hypocritical jerk.

Via CNS News.

President Barack Obama designated April 9 as National Equal Pay Day, even though 70 percent of White House staffers in the top-salary bracket were men, and male White House staffers earn on average 13 percent more than female staffers.

“To grow our middle class and spur progress in the years ahead, we need to address longstanding inequity that keeps women from earning a living equal to their efforts,” Obama said in the proclamation released Monday evening. “That is why I have made pay equity a top priority — from signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act days after I took office to cracking down on equal pay law violations wherever they occur. And to back our belief in equality with the weight of law, I continue to call on the Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act.”

CNSNews.com reported on March 15 that 70 percent of White House staffers earning the maximum salary of $172,200 last year were men and 30 percent were women, according to the White House numbers posted on staff compensation. Further, men on the White House staff are paid $86,260.89 on average. Women on the White House staff are paid an average of $76,162.65. So men on the White House staff are paid about 13.26 percent more than women. Put another way, women earn 88.29 percent of what men earn.

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  1. Shifra says:

    This is an “April Fools’ Day” joke, right? Oh wait… it’s April 9th.

    I guess it’s just another “Obama Is A Fool” joke.

  2. Alain41 says:

    In addition to all the hypocritical inanity of his statement, it is also based on people working for someone. Eg, you don’t run your own business paying yourself. As Tammy says, women are the majority of small business startups. Socialist/marxist to the core, he wants you working for someone and that someone is him as the leader of Uncle Sam.

  3. Maynard says:

    If I had respect for the people in Washington or thought they were performing valuable services, I might be concerned about unfair labor practices there. But considering what sort of people go there and what they do, does it really matter whether one jackass earns more than another?

    • Kitten says:

      Great point, Maynard! And to that I would add what OBummer said to the CBC: “Stop Complaining, Stop Grumbling, Stop Crying!”

      Such a BSer.

  4. strider says:

    I’m thinking his little chum smoking club was all male.

  5. Maynard says:

    Oh, also it’s worth mentioning that the focus on boosting wages is pretty irrelevant when there are no jobs.

  6. Alain41 says:

    Re Obama’s budget proposal to limit IRA tax benefit once you have reached a certain level. As I understand his argument, it’s that you can have too much retirement money and it’s the governments job to limit that. In addition to WRONG, I would reply, Mr. President at some point you have had enough parties, so no more taxpayer paid Memphis Soul nights et al. Think that he would agree with that?

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