Carrie Lukas lays bare the intellectual dishonesty — I call it raw politics — at play over federal legislation that would give employees the option of comp time, rather than pay, for overtime worked. And, as Lukas writes, it is amazing this is even a question.
Imagine if right now employees had the option of flextime and someone proposed legislation to take that choice away, so that hourly workers were required to take extra pay and couldn’t opt for more time off.
Wouldn’t Americans all recognize that this was an incredibly unfair measure that would disproportionately harm lower-income women? Wouldn’t women object to the idea that the federal government has any business telling you that you are better off with more money in your pocket than more flexibility to take care of your kids? Feminists would be outraged. Some might even call it a war on women….
As I said, this is about raw politics, and the Left wants women to believe that conservatives and/or Republicans don’t care about women. Supporting this legislation would undermine the narrative. And so it goes.
