2
POPSDems Pave the Way for Massive Looting by Lawyers the potential awards would be huge. Most companies would feel compelled to settle such claims rather than endure the expense and difficulty of defending allegations about long-ago behavior. The recipe here is file a suit, get a payday. That’s fine with Democrats, who define “economic justice” as stealing wealth from those who create or earn it, to buy votes from those who don’t. There’s more: The Democratic majority is also resurrecting the concept of “comparable worth” with the Paycheck Fairness Act. Teachers do tend to earn less than truck drivers, despite more education. Then again, truck drivers work long, hard, often unpredictable hours. The market — not some secret patriarchy — places different values on different jobs. And in the case of teachers, the main salary setter is the government. Naturally Obama supports both bills, and Dems may now have the numbers they need to ram them past Republicans.