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2007 Senate Bill 417 (Mandate “comparable worth” pay )

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  • Introduced by Sen. Liz Brater on April 19, 2007, to prohibit paying a person a wage or salary that is less than an amount established under a proposed interpretation of “comparable worth,” making doing so a civil rights law violation. The bill would prohibit different levels of compensation for work of “comparable value,” meaning a “comparable composite skill, responsibility, effort, education or training, and working conditions.” The bill does not specify how different kinds of work (as opposed to different people doing the same work) would be compared with regard to these various criteria.
    • Referred to the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee on April 19, 2007.

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Introduced by Sen. Liz Brater on April 19, 2007. New Comment

1) You Hit The Nail [by Anonymous Citizen on April 24, 2007]
on the head. When you let people vote that have no property or anything else of value they will always vote for whoever will promise the most free stuff. Without this voting bloc the dem/socialists would blow away like dust in Kansas.
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2) News Flash for Liz - Communism Failed! [by Anonymous Citizen on April 24, 2007]
These people are representing us? Have they lost their minds! I think we need to go back to only letting property owners vote because the whoever is voting these nuts into office do not have a clue.
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3) Frankly, they seem to be clueless [by Anonymous Citizen on April 24, 2007]
that's because they are. Just do what your good nanny government agent tells you.
"When will our esteemed legislators understand the workings of a free market"
never. It doesn't work as well for them as forced income redistribution
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4) Free markets work [by Anonymous Citizen on April 24, 2007]
When will our esteemed legislators understand the workings of a free market for both labor and goods? Frankly, they seem to be clueless and that is evidenced by the state of the Michigan economy.
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5) Comparable Value is Not Possible [by Mike Hignite on April 23, 2007]
With the minor exception of twins doing the exact same manual labor, the very idea of "comparable work" is impossible. Each individual brings a unique basket of talents and abilities to every unique job. It is impossible for some outside agency or court to determine some kind of comparable work standard in this situation.

The only fair assessment is the market. People agree to work for whatever they agree to work for. If they accept it, it is fair. If they don't, then they go elsewhere.
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6) if the same business [by Anonymous Citizen on April 23, 2007]
environment existed a hundred years ago, the automobile business in this country would not exist today.

we wonder, given the current state of the laws of michigan, whether it will STILL be here a hundred years from now.
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