Many Americans are taking a welcome break this summer from the relentless tug-of-war in our political debates. But that's not so in the Massachusetts State House where officials are rehashing one of the most well-worn issues in modern politics: the so-called wage gap between male and female workers.
The Department of Labor (DOL) statistic underlying the "wage gap" claim simply compares a full-time working man's median wages with those of a full-time working woman. The DOL says that women on average are paid only 78 cents for every dollar a man earns.
BOSTON — A constitutional amendment raising taxes on millionaires to generate $1.9 billion for education and transportation would hurt the economy and damage the state's ability to support school services, Education Secretary James Peyser said Thursday.
"Definitely not," Peyser told the News Service following an event at the Omni-Parker House Hotel, which featured state education officials and educators. "I think it will weaken our economy and that will damage our ability as a Commonwealth to support the schools and the other services that we desperately need."
