Dear Innisfree,
"I don't find the use of slave labor from Mexico amusing in a political candidate of any stripe."
Slave labor?
I'm not big on illegal immigration, I'm not big on illegal aliens working as nannies. However, around here, an illegal alien who works as a nanny will typically be paid about $10 per hour.
Tax-free.
sitetest
Tax-free? 10$/hr sounds like a living wage (though it's lousy compensation for being a nanny), but it's true that her employer makes no provision for the collection of social security, Medicare, unemployment taxes etc.; and provides no health care, or benefits of any other kind. What happens if this "employee" falls seriously ill? Does she hie herself over the Mexican border for medical care, or just further burden our emergency medical care system, which is already on the verge of collapse? Shifting the burden to other taxpayers in that fashion is dishonest and a form of thievery. Maybe Massa isn't in de cold, cold ground after all.