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> Having a maid. While common for the middle class in SEA, US labor laws preclude this.

I'm curious what you mean by this - there are certainly maids in the USA, but if you are envisioning something that our labor laws preclude... you probably have something else in mind when you say that?

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I'm referring to cost. A maid in Singapore will run on the order of $10-20k per year. Cost depends on standard of living and the maids country of origin, with discounts given if there is an elderly dependent in the household. This is an amount of money well within the ability of US dual income households to afford. I'd go so far as to say that economically it's a no brainer if such an option were available.

You're considering low-paid workers a product? It's not economically a no brainer to the worker. It also wouldn't be legal to pay someone less based off of their country of origin.

You may have immigrated to the wrong country.

I think the last sentence of this comment is a bit uncalled for.

You’re sticking up for the person who wants to pay someone $27/day to be their personal servant? Just to be clear, that’s what they are advocating for.

I don’t think telling them they moved to the wrong country is out of line, move to SEA if you want live-in help for a pittance.

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