American - Politician | October 5, 1943 -
As is the case with many Middle Eastern nations, women are nowhere near equal to men when it comes to basic freedoms and rights that we take for granted every day.
Ginny Brown-Waite
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While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing.
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When given the chance, women have proven they will participate in the electoral process.
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Allowing Texas to display the Ten Commandments on State property but disallowing Kentucky courthouses from doing the same is a poor and flawed interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
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First, women are more likely to live in poverty during their retirement years than are men.
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Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.
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I have the highest number of Social Security recipients of any Member of Congress, and it is always good to hear about how women in their districts are affected by any changes, by the need for changes in Social Security.
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Under the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system, not one person is actually guaranteed benefits.
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If a woman did not work and have the opportunity to save and invest on her own throughout her lifetime, she is often totally reliant on her family and Social Security for her retirement years.
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In fact, Social Security is the only source of income nationwide for 29 percent of unmarried elderly women.
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While women certainly have made great strides toward pay parity in the past 30 years, there is still a gap in earnings between men and women in equivalent professions.
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The women who pass away before they receive Social Security, for them this is nothing but a tax from which they or their family will never receive a benefit.
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