In an effort to close the so-called gender wage gap, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act. It is severely flawed, not only on its premise. While it might seem like a boon particularly for women, it likely won’t help that much at all. If passed, it would continue to perpetuate myths about how a free-market economy works and how men and women are treated in the workplace when it comes to compensation.
The proposed bill, which Democrats have tried to pass for some two decades, would add protections to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Fair Labor Standards Act, and would try to close the so-called gender wage gap. In a speech trumpeting the bill she co-sponsored with Pelosi and more than 230 other Democrats, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said she appreciates a couple important aspects of the bill.
