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"   When it comes to women, we&amp;#039;re starting to think Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) should just keep a lid on it.  First, he made those totally ridiculous comments about how victims of &amp;quot;legitimate rape&amp;quot; can prevent a pregnancy. Then, he tried to trash his opponent by saying she isn&amp;#039;t &amp;quot;ladylike.&amp;quot; And now, he&amp;#039;s declared that he thinks it&amp;#039;s fine for employers to pay women less than men. Seriously. &amp;quot;I believe in free enterprise. I don&amp;#039;t think the government should be telling people what you pay and what you don&amp;#039;t pay,&amp;quot; Akin said at a recent town hall meeting. His comments came after someone asked him why he voted against the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, which makes it easier for women to demand equal pay to men. &amp;quot;I think it&amp;#039;s about freedom,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;If somebody wants to hire somebody and they agree on a salary, that&amp;#039;s fine, however it wants to work. So, the government sticking its nose into all kinds of things has gotten us into huge trouble.&amp;quot; The gender pay gap has continued to be a problem for women, with recent Labor Department stats putting our median pay at 20 percent less than the median male salary.  We&amp;#039;re also being hired less than men: A recent Georgetown study found that female MBA grads received half the job offers that male MBA grads did, even though they sent out 20 percent more applications. And another report found that female CEOs make just 72 percent of what their male counterparts earn. Clearly, this is a problem for women. But, according to Todd Akin, employers should have the &amp;quot;freedom&amp;quot; to pay us less...just because. What do you think of his latest comments? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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