Utah’s Wasatch GOP has two chairmen. One of them is named James C. Green. Mr. Green has some big ideas and he decided to share one of those big ideas with the public.
Here’s Mr. Green’s caveman missive:
Equal Pay For Women Has Consequences
Editor: Here's the problem with the Equal Pay bill being considered by the Utah Legislature... Traditionally men have earned more than women in the workplace because they are considered the primary breadwinners for families. They need to make enough to support their families and allow the Mother to remain in the home to raise and nurture the children.
If businesses are forced to pay women the same as male earnings, that means they will have to reduce the pay for the men they employ... simple economics. If that happens, then men will have an even more difficult time earning enough to support their families, which will mean more Mothers will be forced to leave the home (where they may prefer to be) to join the workforce to make up the difference.
And as even more women thus enter the workforce that creates more competition for jobs (even men's jobs) and puts further downward pressure on the pay for all jobs... meaning more and more Mothers will be forced into the workforce. And that is bad for families and thus for all of society.
It's a vicious cycle that only gets worse the more equality of pay is forced upon us. It's a situation of well-meaning intentions, but negative unintended consequences.
We should encourage our Legislators to drop the whole notion. Let the marketplace determine what free-market forces should prevail. It is not the role of government to dictate to businesses what they should pay anyway... either as a Minimum Wage or Equal Pay for men and women.
James C. Green
Wasatch Co. GOP Vice-Chair
I. Can’t. Begin. To. Unpack. This. Compared to most Republican theories on women’s rights, this one is almost quaint in how fucking backwards it is. I wonder what Mr. Green would say to the numerous single mothers working multiple jobs to make ends meet? Maybe the problem with them getting more money is that then they’ll be able to buy food stamps, which they will turn around and use to buy drugs? It’s hard to say, but James C. Green’s tiny brain only has space for one big idea at a time.
Speaking of “big ideas,” I’ve just had one come to me. In order to save taxpayers money, we should use the empty space in Mr. Green’s head to host the Olympics—there’s at least enough space for a pool.