Peter Cuthbertson at Centre Right picks up on Kevin Drum’s post requesting a list of five liberal myths, posting a list of his own five conservative myths. My personal favorite from Cuthberton’s list:
2. The reason there is a 15%-25% gap between average male and female earnings is massive irrational discrimination against qualified women, not different life and career choices by men and women.
That gap is personal: I took time off to raise our kids. Not only does that gap hit my earnings (in comparison to my husband), it also hits my retirement savings. I just will never be able to catch up, so I better remain married to him.
For the children!
As an aside, I read Kevin Drum’s list of five conservative myths and came away unimpressed. I don’t subscribe to a single one of them. That doesn’t make me liberal, or even just left of center. That makes his list unrepresentative of mainstream conservatism.
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