Why are people outraged about someone choosing to have a nanny or housekeeper?

Question

Someone earlier asked a question about employing "house staff"- people that care for the children, clean their home, and, do lawn care. I am amazed at how many people are outraged by this issue. I understand it if it was because they were employing the undocumented, but, calling her lazy because she elects to have someone else do these things? Is it because she is employing the undocumented, or, do you generally look down upon people that hire help?

Answer 1

Funny how you choose only to address a very small portion of the answers to that question.

How about you address the majority of the answers that talked about the facts that:

1. the staff are Illegal Aliens
2. She is exploiting their desperation by paying them a pitiful amount of money
3. They are all committing tax evasion, and
4. that THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS end up subsidizing them with benefits that are supposed to be going to US Citizens?

Or did those answers make too much sense for you to argue against?

Answer 2

There is nothing wrong with having domestic help! But if she bragged about having illegals doing it, I would have been offended as well. If one can afford to hire help, why is that wrong? Perhaps the people one hires needs that income to survive? I would not want a nanny, but we all need babysitters now and then. And would a house be any cleaner if she did it herself instead of hiring someone who needs the job?

Answer 3

I answered that question rather harshly with, I think, very good reason. This lady is not living in the reality of our limited economy.

All the wealth we've created and now enjoy has resulted from value-added production - an intricate facet of modern (non-agrarian) economics. And it is ALL dependent on strict, contractual agreement. Such agreement MUST be upheld by law and the enforcement thereof.

The actions of people like her, as well as the corporations who hire large numbers of illegal aliens, negate not only the law underlying our economy, but directly displace respective competitors in the now.

I know that you have at least as pure an army of good intentions and hopes for these people as I do, Amanda. I still feel, though, that the answer I gave - though harsh - was exactly what should and must be said.

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Daniel F: Was Cesar Chavez racist? He was adamantly against "undocumented" aliens.

Answer 4

Personally, I find the concept of demestic servants a bit demeaning, and am offended by it on general principle. I would only employ someone in such a capacity if I were disabled - and I wouldn't like it. But, that's just me. I wouldn't expect everyone to have that attitude, nor would I force it on anyone else. If you want to hire someone to clean up after you, and you can afford it, you have as much right to do so as to engage in any other sort of legal employment contract.

As to the person who asked the original question, her point was that she couldn't hire a legal worker at a price /she could afford/. Now, if you can't afford to buy a car legally, is it OK to buy a stolen car, because it's cheaper? No, it isn't: you take the bus like anyone else who can't afford a car. Same thing in her case: she can't afford to hire the help she wants legally, so she should simply do without it, rather than acquiring it illegally.

Answer 5

I missed the earlier question but hiring a Nanny or Housekeeper is not wrong, however hiring slave labor and paying them under the table and not reporting taxes or Workers Compensation is very wrong and notoriously prevalent in the homes of the wealthy for their cleaning slaves and child rearing slaves as conveniently proven by many politicians over the years.

Answer 6

I don't understand why people would be outraged over that. Was the question asked in the Immigration section? if yes, then people probably got upset becuase it's common for people to hire illegals for housekeeping, and other house work.

Did the questioner say anything about hireing illegals to do the job? if yes, then theres the answer to your question. If not, I really don't know why they would get upset.

Answer 7

I think it is the issue more of employing an undocumented person, It is more of a perception that the undocumented do this type of work. The trolls on Immigration are unbelievable and very racist and profane.
Hiring household help is the best solution for a working couple it lessen their workload after a full day at work and it is no one else's concern what you chose to do in your own home but yours.

Answer 8

I think if you can afford it go for it. I do see it as a problem when a stay at home mom hires a nanny to raise her kids. Why have children to hand off to someone else? ridiculous.

Answer 9

No, but when they employ illegals they uncut those that may want to do that line of work. It also cheats the tax base being the illegals do not pay taxes on their income, and yet their children both illegally and legally are educated at the tax payers expense, and if the illegals are hurt , we that tax payer foots the bill.

Answer 10

the way she presented it she is either stingy, or lazy do to the dollar amount she says she pays for help. in that she was either taking advantage of someone because of their illegal status by paying too little simply because she could or she was too poor to really afford domestic help thus being lazy. i wish i could afford domestic help but i tell you i would never be cheap about it. as little as i've made and i've always been generous to the people who perform services for me ie; waiters, paper carrier and whoever else. did i answer your question?