Biggest loser Mitt Romney employs some real lumps, as evidenced by a spokesperson's comment Wednesday regarding the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act, which, in the wordsof its namesake, and YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS, but, heh, Mr. Romney doesn't, "ensures women have the tools to get equal pay for equal work." When Huffington Post reporter Sam Stein asked during a Romney conference call whether Romney supported the act, there was a long pause, and then a gentleman responded, "We'll have to get back to you on that." A million political years later, another spokesperson, who may or may not have a Twitter Problem, finally coughed up a response -- on Twitter, because that is where she feels most comfortable. It went something like:
<blockquote>Also too, ignoring the fact that the biggest source of predominantly-woman teacher-and-healthcare layoffs comes in the form of the wingnut-endorsed austerity measures</blockquote>
That would be &quot;teacher&quot; layoffs, there were at no time mass healthcare layoffs. In fact healthcare employment increased throughout the recession (unfortunately the BLS&#039;s graphs are not directly linkable, but if you go <a href="http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/iag\/tgs\/iag62.htm#workforce" target="_blank">here</a> and click the dinosaur on the line for &quot;Employment, All Employees&quot; you see the lack of a dip).
Teacher layoffs were caused by wingnut-<em>enacted</em> austerity measures - that President Obama sought directly to prevent or limit with the transfers to states in ARRA.
I&#039;m 97.55% sure that that number is totally made-up bullshit. And that&#039;s not just because there&#039;s been a net gain of jobs under Obama
Even a panderbot needs data before it can pander properly.
Heck, they&#039;d even be people, my friend!
Sounds like a chore, at any rate.
<blockquote>Also too, ignoring the fact that the biggest source of predominantly-woman teacher-and-healthcare layoffs comes in the form of the wingnut-endorsed austerity measures</blockquote>
That would be &quot;teacher&quot; layoffs, there were at no time mass healthcare layoffs. In fact healthcare employment increased throughout the recession (unfortunately the BLS&#039;s graphs are not directly linkable, but if you go <a href="http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/iag\/tgs\/iag62.htm#workforce" target="_blank">here</a> and click the dinosaur on the line for &quot;Employment, All Employees&quot; you see the lack of a dip).
Teacher layoffs were caused by wingnut-<em>enacted</em> austerity measures - that President Obama sought directly to prevent or limit with the transfers to states in ARRA.
I was surprised that the GOP would agree to give gay people equal pay.
I&#039;m 97.55% sure that that number is totally made-up bullshit. And that&#039;s not just because there&#039;s been a net gain of jobs under Obama
These guys don&#039;t believe in money. Newt pays Callista in diamonds. Rick Santorum gives his wife the gift of pregnancy.
To be fair, when Romney was laying people off, he supported equal no-pay for men and women.