Hillary’s hypocrisy on non-existent wage gap by Jane Chastain

Photograph: Chelsea Clinton was hired as an NBC “reporter” at a salary of about $50,000.00 per month, while some say it was as much as $900,000.00 per year when it included her Clinton Foundation salary. How many men her age make such a salary other than sports, film and television stars?

I was having brunch with some new, very accomplished female friends when the subject of the presidential race came up. One of these friends announced that she was a Democrat because she believes in equality.

Women now control 51 percent of all wealth in the U.S. They hold 52 percent of management and professional positions. They earn more degrees of higher learning and own 30 percent of all private businesses. Still, one of the key myths promoted every election cycle is the wag gap. It’s the political unicorn used to persuade millions of women that they are victims of inequality and they need Democrats like Hillary Clinton to save them. Like the legendary horse from classical antiquity, it doesn’t exist.

So what is this 79 percent figure we hear so much about? If you look at all the wages paid to full-time working women over the course of a year, women make 79 percent less than men. Did you catch the subtlety here? It’s not for doing the same work or even working the same amount of hours. It’s simply for working full-time.

Would it surprise you to know that among full-time workers the average man works 8.4 hours per day compared to

Jane Chastain is a former nationally known sports announcer and current conservative political writer and commentator. Chastain’s early television work included stations in Atlanta, Georgia and Raleigh, North Carolina.