Letter to the Editor The Sun-Sentinel

April 26, 2012
Letter to the Editor
The Sun-Sentinel

RE: Why is my daughter being underpaid? Some comments on the horror, horror of having a uterus when it’s pay day as depicted on your editorial page cartoon on April 24, 2012/

Sirs,
Let’s begin with the obvious.

Are female reporters paid 23% less than male reporters? [The Tribune Company, your corporate parent, is in bankruptcy. Has anyone told the bankruptcy Trustee about this?]

Yesterday, my mail was delivered by a female. Is she paid 23% less than her male – mail? – counterpart? [If she is I suggest that a quick way to get the USPS deficit under control would be to fire all male mail persons]

Are female teachers paid 23% less than male teachers in Broward County? No wonder they carp about the FCATs.

Are the female members of the Broward County Commission and the distaff members of the Broward County Board of Education paid 23% less than the male members? [For clarity’s sake, male members mean the whole person, not the appendage?

I had a malignant tumour removed from my skull by a female surgeon 7 years ago. How does her pay compare to male surgeons?

I have appeared before 4 female Judges as a litigant. One was New Jersey Superior Court Judge. One was United States Bankruptcy Court Judge. One was a United States Tax Court Judge. One was a Justice on the United States Supreme Court. Were they paid 23% less than their prostate-laden counterparts?

Although they had the same title – Secretary of State – was Hillary Clinton paid 23% less than Colin Powell?

The disparity in Male/Female paydays in professional sports is self-evident. For years I have advocated a winner take all match between the male/female winners at Wimbledon. So far my plan has gained no traction. I doubt if my idea that the Baylor Women’s basketball team play the Kentucky men’s basketball team for a true national championship will ever take place..

My daughter has 3 children and she has two degrees.

She is in a profession that permits, indeed in some instances encourages, part time employment. Is she paid 23% less than her male co-workers when she is the operating room? Since she does not work a full time schedule would you or the cartoonist say that she is paid less than males in the same profession?

Like all modern American Liberals mantras than morph into shibboleths it is a solution in search of a problem. Should you be aware of any sexually based wage discrimination I know quite a few underemployed lawyers, of both sexes, who will file a suit in the appropriate venue within 72 hours of taking the case.

How about a cartoon about drowning polar bears?

Here’s a thought.

Turn off your A/C until Thanksgiving. Talk about saving green because you go green! In addition to saving the polar bears that make a nice living killing and eating baby seals you have the serendipitous satisfaction of the rapacious power company burning less coal. Since coal is the fuel that produces 50% of the electricity in this country you can decrease the consumption of this foul fossil fuel. Maybe you could get some of the deeply discounted Solyndra solar panels for your roof to run the elevators and PCs.

Try to get an all-female installation team to install them. Think of the money you’ll save. Maybe you can still get some of that “shovel ready” swag.



KEVIN SMITH
WARRIORBARDIT@BELLSOUTH.NET