President Obama Signs Fair Pay Act
by Kelly
I don’t know about you, but when I heard about this tonight I couldn’t help but smile! Finally, we have legislation concerning the wage gap (Hey MRAs, even our President knows it exists!). Here’s an excerpt from the NY Times article:
“It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign — the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — we are upholding one of this nation’s first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve a chance to pursue our own version of happiness,” the president said.
He said was signing the bill not only in honor of Ms. Ledbetter — who stood behind him, shaking her head and clasping her hands in seeming disbelief — but in honor of his own grandmother, “who worked in a bank all her life, and even after she hit that glass ceiling, kept getting up again” and for his daughters, “because I want them to grow up in a nation that values their contributions, where there are no limits to their dreams.”
Read the full article here.
- Dollface
Photo Courtesy The NY Times
