Is Obama Smart?
Barack Obama is perceived by many as intelligent. In truth, though, it is hard to see where he diverges from the most troglodytic paleo-liberal. In fact, as Michael Barone notes, Obama has signed on to the concept of "comparable worth," one of the most mind-numbingly dumb ideas of modern times:
In case you don't know what comparable worth is, it's an idea concocted by feminists in the 1970s or early 1980s. They said that jobs typically held by women pay less than jobs typically held by men. To eliminate this inequity, somebody–the courts, maybe, or some administrative agency, presumably with appeals to the courts–should decide what those jobs were really worth, based on some sort of convoluted criteria. ***Earth to Obama: There's something out there called the labor market.
Maybe Obama is a lot dumber than many people think, or maybe he thinks he needs to cynically back foolish proposals to be viable as a Democrat. Either way, his endorsement of the unjust, wealth-destroying "comparable worth" scheme speaks very poorly of him.
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