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From: lisa@mit-vax.UUCP (Lisa Chabot)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Fear and Loathing in ...
Message-ID: <1851@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 11-May-84 18:53:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 11 18:53:11 1984
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> From: ted@teldata.UUCP (Ted Becker)
>
> 1.      I do feel somewhat threatened by the feminist movement.  My fear is
> more a fear of irrational regulation than of being dominated by women.
> When I have the choice I have always voted for women's rights.  I applaud
> the current 'comparable worth' evaluations being done for Washington State
> employees but I fear it because it will probably result in increase cost of
> government and increase my taxes.

Unfortunately, many people would cite the *possible* tax increase as a reason
for not doing the 'comparable worth' evaluations, or even for not paying
the same rate for exactly the same job.  

But I don't see how 'irrational regulation' == increase in taxes...

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