Should US companies be required to provide equal pay to women and men?

I believe that this is just another argument to show how a lot of people are still discriminated against. As an employer that has hired a lot of people there is a lot that goes into the decision of who to hire and how much to pay that person. I can honestly say that I have never made a decision due to race, religion, sex or even sexual orientation. When you hire a person for a position and you come up with the pay scale for that position you have a low and a high pay. Looking at the budget you try to get a person at the lowest pay possible so you have room to give raises and money awards to those employees. When the person gets hired you are paying the position not the person. As they work there you are giving raises on performance not the person. I may not hire the most qualified person that has applied to the position because there are a lot of things to look for in the interview process, such as motivation, how they will fit in with the team and ability and want to learn the things they will be doing. If it is a woman or a man they should both be given the same opportunity to prove they are going to give me their best in that position. They are both going to need to show me the correct level of production to get the raises and they are both going to have to show the loyalty to get the promotion. Equal pay is never going to happen but most of the time it has nothing to do with if the employee is a man or a woman, it has to do with performance and ability.