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    "title": "\"Same Pay For Same Work\": Why There Should *Not* Be A Law",
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>Your teacher asks you to challenge me to give \u00e2\u0080\u009cone good reason why the law should not require that women be paid the same as men for the same work.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m happy to oblige.\u00c2\u00a0 There are many good reasons, but I\u00e2\u0080\u0099ll here stick to one.</p>\n<p>That one reason is that it\u00e2\u0080\u0099s practically impossible for government officials to determine when two jobs involve \u00e2\u0080\u009cthe same work.\u00e2\u0080\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 What might look like the same work to outside observers \u00e2\u0080\u0093 to government officials, lawyers, or even the workers themselves \u00e2\u0080\u0093 might well be very different work.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>via <em><a href=\"http://cafehayek.com/2012/09/letter-to-a-very-bright-11th-grader.html\">Letter to a Very Bright 11th Grader</a></em>.</p>\n"
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