Posted on 06/25/2019 11:13:15 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
Our country is being inundated with people from other countries at a scale far exceeding our existing capacity to economically absorb them.
We need to change our labor laws to create economic places for them.
Overstressed American women need affordable help in and around the house and with children.
What can American families themselves afford to pay for domestic help?
I say themselves because we certainly don't want to create any new federal subsidy program. State subsidy programs would be possible.
My estimate is around $200/week plus room and board for the worker and the worker's significant others.
That $200/week would be a federal minimum.
You and many leftists would say $200/week is very little, but consider that $15/hour for a PPACA-restricted 32-hour work week is $480/week before taxes. If rent takes half of that $480/week, only $240/week is left.
The federal base amount might be for a 45-hour/five-day work week. I use 45 hours instead of 40 hours because the worker's employer often needs time to drive to and from a job. Keep in mind that the worker doesn't need to pay for a car or state-mandated motorist liability coverage, but the worker's employer normally does.
The 45 hours might include 40 hours of child care work by a worker and five hours of yard work by the worker's spouse or child legally entitled to do such work.
An adjustment of say $1/hour might be added for each hour of overnight child care supervision and $5/hour of disabled adult care outside those 45 hours.
All other work might be at the generally applicable state law minimum wage rate. A worker might do some cleaning or yard work for a neighbor of the worker's main employer.
There would be no deduction of the worker's pay for the worker's room and board. For other persons residing with the worker, such as a spouse or children, a deduction of up to $30/week per additional person might be allowed, plus a charge of up to 20% of the additional person's outside income.
The worker's spouse might get in 40 hours of outside work a week. If this is at a $15/hour rate, the 20% charge could be $120/week. This would cut the employer's net cost for domestic help to $80/week.
Many of these jobs would be in gated communities. A gated community to call home would be of great comfort to those fleeing other countries in search of safety.
And think of the children of the workers. Instead of living in Camp USCIS they would be living in nice houses kept immaculately clean by a parent, in the school districts of people who can afford domestic help.
Should states be able to insist on a higher work week base amount minimum? I think only if they agree to pay the full welfare costs of all asylum seekers choosing to reside in the state.
There is also the factor of paying for the schooling of the worker's children. A state tax of up to say $20/week on the domestic worker and twice as much as that on the worker might be allowed to be placed on the employer. This could come to as much as $3,120 per year.
The tax could be levied on employers even if their workers don't have school age children, further helping fund schools and preventing employment discrimination.
State law should have to provide exemptions for employers unable to afford to pay for the school funding tax.
This act would be every bit as constitutional as the US signing onto an asylum treaty.
Having domestic workers live in the houses of their employers means these workers don't overload the limited supply of affordable housing in the United States.
What if she's hot and friendly?
No. Let the rest of us know how that works out for you.
A modest proposal?
Is this intended for legal immigrants or crimmingrants?
Sure. Let’s call it “Compassionate Slavery”.
(Barf!)
nope
crimmingrants
Back in the early twenties, Time magazine tried to make a distinction between actors of the Broadway type, who were somewhat respected, and silent movie actors who were disparaged.
The magazine tried to introduce the term, ‘cinemactors,’ to no avail.
But I do have to agree with the guy who said, “What idiot named them jet skis instead of boater-cycles?”
“Is this intended for legal immigrants or crimmingrants?”
It would be general law, even applicable to US citizen domestic workers.
Trump is refusing to deport foreigners even leftist judges have ordered deported upon the request of Nancy Pelosi, who wants him jailed.
I believe there’s a big amnesty deal in the works.
No speak English is a huge problem.
Let’s see—figure out what to do with the invaders, or stop the invasion? I vote for the latter.
“No. Let the rest of us know how that works out for you.”
I can’t afford $200/week for my own living expenses.
I’m sure my leftist Democratic neighbors would be delighted.
Stupid liberals. Turd worlders would simply rip them off then disappear.
“No speak English is a huge problem.”
Point at the pile of clothes, and at the laundry room.
Hand the vacuum cleaner to the maid.
Fill a bucket with soap and water and place a rag nearby.
My Democratic neighbor used to live in El Paso and I’m pretty sure her Spanish is poor.
If this ever happened, you can be danmed sure that the amount paid would triple within 1 year. Don't forget the insurance. Don't forget the 1099 forms. Who will be responsible for the thefts, assaults and rapes?
The posting must be satire.
Why not ship all of these interlopers home and stop the mental masturbation.
“No speak English is a huge problem.”
My mother used the term “dirty Democrats” broadly.
“Why not ship all of these interlopers home”
Hopefully, they’ll mostly self-deport after cleaning up after lazy, filthy Democrats for a few months.
Ah...the caste system in the once great Republic. It’s not like slavery ‘cuz....reasons (not that ‘welfare’ fails to be slavery ‘cuz....reasons, too).
What could go wrong?!
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