Well-intentioned red tape is still red tape

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

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 av…