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Zombieguy1987

*grabs popcorn*

MayCaesar

The wage gap is a statistical fact, according to the governmental research, hence it does exist. The interpretation of causes of this gap, however, has not reached consensus yet, and as far as I know, no proper models have been developed to properly explain it with the reference to the available data.

Purely from the intuitive perspective, I would say that the wage gap is partially influenced by discrimination, but that influence is pretty small compared to other, non-discriminatory factors.

RyanHough

@MayCaesar Our country is a Democratic/Republic Country and we support Capitalism. That means you get what you work for. If there is a wage gap its because the person did not work as hard as those who are being paid more. If you believe otherwise then you are not realizing the simple fact that this is the U.S. and we work for our pay we are not communists and if you want equal pay go to Russia.

RyanHough

The wage gap exists because it needs to exist in order for our country to not be Communist

billbatard

is everyone paid the same? no . then there is a wage gap

MayCaesar

@RyanHough

This is not how capitalism works. Your wage is not determined by how hard you work, it is determined by how much your employer values your work. The system you are describing is called meritocracy, and that system is utopian and quite authoritarian. I would not want to live in a meritocracy, although some of the meritocratic ideas are commendable.

It is not about what I "believe", it is about what I can observe with my own eyes. I have had personal conversations with a lot of employers, all the way up to multi-millionaires, and I have seen the amount of prejudice most people do not even suspect exists. Granted, prejudice based on irrelevant factors such as race or gender very rarely enters the equation, but even that is not unheard of.

Finally, Russia does not have equal pay. I am not sure where you got this idea, but in Russia employers are free to set any wage they want, as long as it is above or equal to the federal and regional minimum. As for communism, it ended in Russia in 1991, and even when it was still present, there was no equal pay in Russia.

I was not claiming that wage gap is a bad thing; in fact, a lack of wage gap would mean that something is terribly wrong in the economy. I am not sure why the folks dislike my post, while essentially agreeing with me. Maybe not reading past the first sentence is the problem?

RyanHough

Typically a company pays a person who does good quality work more than the average worker. A wage gap exists but that's because people expect to get paid the same as people who work more. That is also communism. Im sorry if this offends anyone but don't be a stupid person who feels they are "Entitled" to equal pay when you don't work as hard as that person. My boss pays my coworker more than me because the Female that works with me is a hard worker. She gets paid 5 more dollars an hour than me and I'm fine with it. Why don't all you sissies grow up and realize that this is capitalism, not some fantasy world where everyone is equal, The world ain't like that, I'm not saying it's ok, but that's the world we live in, the sooner you realize that the better. 

RyanHough

also, the main issue with the wage gap is people think its because of gender. This may be true in some cases but we should all be grateful because any other place, people would not care. Everything has flaws, nothing is perfect, we all need to grow up.

RyanHough

And sorry for my lack of facts, but I'm a high schooler and I still know what goes on in life. I'm just saying grow up. this argument is just a waste of time while we should be worrying about more important matters. I'm sorry if I come off as disrespectful, I'm just trying to state my position.

AmericanFurryBoy

I thought we were referring to the gender wage gap myth so I accidentally voted no. However, there is a wage gap between everyone that allows our government and economy to survive