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[Orruar]

Originally Posted by stonez138 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Orruar, I don't think your post just doesn't hold water. According to your logic, any good capitalist would only hire the handicap, since they get tax breaks and/or subsidies for hiring these people wouldn't that be the cheapest possible labor pool? I'm sure a "good" capitalist also factors in things such as, I don't know, work experience or education.

You do realize that we're discussing equal pay for equal work, right? The second half of that (equal work) directly states that the two candidates have the same productive capacity (work experience/education). And are you very familiar with the costs associated with hiring a disabled worker vs a non disabled worker? Do you employ both types of people are know all of the costs and benefits of both? I didn't think so. There are subsidies, yes, but there are also large costs to employing those with disabilities. They typically cost much more in lost time at work and on insurance. I don't have direct experience with employing them, but I can tell you that if we don't see a lot of employers making tons of money by employing them, then the subsidies are not overcoming the costs.

Do you refute the statement that if an equally qualified man and woman are applying for the same job at the same wage rate, and there is an additional cost of possible litigation due to EP4EW for hiring the woman, the business owner is just as likely to hire the woman as the man? Such a statement would imply that if you went to the gas station and had the option of paying $3/gal or $4/gal for the exact same gasoline, you'd pick the $4 just as often as the $3.