[MD] Down the road of mediocrity

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> Ron,
> 
> Platt is not correct. Plain and simple. Do we pay smokers more than 
> non-smokers because we expect non-smokers to live (and thus work) 
> longer? Should I go upstairs and ask for a raise because I changed my 
> diet to cheeseburgers from salads? Or, like you correctly point out, 
> should Native Americans receive more pay because they have a lower 
> life expectancy?
> 
> More importantly, do we set a lower age for retirement for men than 
> women? I mean, if women are expected to live/work longer, retiring at 
> the same age would make that "annuity" bunk quite transparent. So we 
> demand that while men can start receiving retirement/SS at, say, age 
> 65, women are not allowed to collect until they turn 70.
> 
> Quite simply, Ron, you are correct. It _is_ discrimination. The 
> historical "justification" given to women receiving less pay has been 
> their "undependability" in running off and squeezing out puppies. But 
> even this is simply fabrication to justify discrimination when one 
> wonders if a woman tells her company she's had a hysterectomy if they 
> would up her salary. Do you think? Nope.
> 
> Women receive less because they are valued less. That's the market 
> reality. Same for any salary inequities.

Utter and complete nonsense. Check life expectancy tables at:

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/STATS/table4c6.html





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