--- title: Sarah Silverman Makes Video About Equal Pay description: Tells women to "Ask4More" ahead of Equal Pay Day canonical: https://time.com/3771945/sarah-silverman-ask4more-levo-pay-equality/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-06T12:00:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:31.651Z og:title: Watch Sarah Silverman Get Serious About Equal Pay og:description: Tells women to "Ask4More" ahead of Equal Pay Day og:url: https://time.com/3771945/sarah-silverman-ask4more-levo-pay-equality/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Sarah Silverman Get Serious About Equal Pay twitter:description: Tells women to "Ask4More" ahead of Equal Pay Day twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Sarah Silverman Get Serious About Equal Pay > Sponsored content. 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Working poor currently make up 73% of welfare recipients._ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 6, 2015 12:00 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 6, 2015 12:00 PM UTC Sarah Silverman is known for telling jokes that push the limit. But [the comedian says that one particular topic evokes the most rage-filled response from critics](http://www.people.com/article/sarah-silverman-joins-ask4more-campaign): equal pay. “That gets the most violent tweets back,” Silverman says in a video for Levo’s new [Ask4More](https://www.levo.com/ask4more) campaign, [previewed first by People](http://www.people.com/article/sarah-silverman-joins-ask4more-campaign). It’s so odd. It’s just bizarre.” To encourage women to ask for the salary they deserve, Silverman teamed up with Levo, an online resource for the career advancement of young women, to help push pay equality. 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