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Fact check: Opening night of the DNCNice to see some part of the MSM calling the wage gap tripe, etc., for what it is. Nice to see some gumption from them. Article here. Excerpt: 'CHARLOTTE, N.C. — We heard a number of dubious or misleading claims on the first night of the Democratic National Convention: But that oft-cited 77-cent statistic exaggerates the actual gap between women and men doing the same work. As we noted back in June, the most recent Census figures show that in 2010, "the earnings of women who worked full time, year-round were 77% of that for men working full time, year-round." But that's the median (midpoint) for all women in all jobs, not for women doing "the same work" or even necessarily working the same number of hours.'
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"lose 23 cents every hour"?
Sorry. Not true.
In Australia - the US will be similar - full time means anything above 32 hours per week.
Analysis of Australian data from 2009 showed full time working men averaging 44 hours whilst women averaged 35. Adjusting for the difference in hours the wage gap narrows to 1.2%
Lilly Ledbetter engages in extraordinary hyperbole. In my country it might be possible to argue that women lose on average a little more than one cent every hour. I have no reason to believe the US would be any different.
@gwallan
"nalysis of Australian data from 2009 showed full time working..."
Just so you're aware, I think you also might have bought into part of the lie, as the 77cent figure doesn't actually limit the earnings to full time work.