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    Melissa Gomez‏Verified account @MelissaGomez004 15 Mar 2020

    “They don’t pay," one woman said. “And the bills keep coming.” Folks, if you can afford a housekeeper, YOU CAN AFFORD TO GIVE THEM PAID TIME OFF!! as the daughter of a housekeeper, I will die on this hill. important story by @brittny_mejiahttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-15/coronavirus-pandemic-disease-housekeepers-westwood …

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      1. FOLLOW-THE-$$$‏ @FactsDataTruth 15 Mar 2020
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      2.  🌪 SnowStormYou!Ⓥ 🌪  🌊 🌱‏ @snowstormyou 15 Mar 2020
        Replying to @MelissaGomez004 @AndrewBatesNC @brittny_mejia

        We dont have one anymore. I had one that was with me for 15 years til she moved. I sent her a big departure check when she left. Never found anyone better so I do it myself. I agree. Pay your people if you have “people”. It was the one thing I afforded myself and she was family

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      3.  🌪 SnowStormYou!Ⓥ 🌪  🌊 🌱‏ @snowstormyou 15 Mar 2020
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        I helped pay her sons college too. She was a gem. Still miss her and we are still in touch despite language barriers. She is retired and her sons work to take of her. Her boys would call me at 12 yrs old with supplies she needed. I miss her!

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      2. LiberalFish‏ @akemor 15 Mar 2020
        Replying to @MelissaGomez004 @alexburnsNYT @brittny_mejia

        If the Federal government can afford to “inject” $1.5 trillion into Wall Street to prop up financial markets during this crisis, they can afford “inject” paid leave in the bank accounts of Americans left w/o a paycheck.

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      3.  🍂 🥧Erinn O'Dear loves autumn 🦃 🍁‏ @erinnthered 15 Mar 2020
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        That was an interest loan, not cash handed over. They made up the money out of nothing, and the banks will either "pay it back" or they'll give them a "bailout." It's all on paper. Different from cash for citizens, but not so different they can't find the money.

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      1. Edward Shain‏ @ems1944 15 Mar 2020
        Replying to @MelissaGomez004 @mattdpearce @brittny_mejia

        1) Well....you're gonna die on it. It's certainly true of some folks, but not true of most. Paying a housekeeper legally, with all the accompanying taxes etc. eats up the take-home of one full salary. This is a national emergency with all sorts of untoward circumstances.

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      1. Edward Shain‏ @ems1944 15 Mar 2020
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        2) It speaks volumes that the plea is to private employers, rather than to the government, who ought to be picking up this bill. I speak from experience. We had a housekeeper for 2 decades. We covered every sick day, SS, plus vacation, but we couldn't have paid her for months.

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      1. soso08‏ @soso08 15 Mar 2020
        Replying to @MelissaGomez004 @jacobsoboroff @brittny_mejia

        I remember the flak my mom got just because she paid full SSA for her part-time cleaning lady 40 years ago. Amazing how cheap well off people can be.

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      1. kbb, MA - Clinical Psychology (she/her)‏ @kbb40332460 15 Mar 2020
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        Absolutely!

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      2. Coastal Survival Pv‏ @DonnaLoyd4 15 Mar 2020
        Replying to @MelissaGomez004 @jacobsoboroff @brittny_mejia

        I am also the daughte4 of a housekeeper. Treat them well. They work hard at jobs mos5 people didn’t want to do. My mom was a proud women. Earned her keep every darn day.

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      3. Echo_L‏ @Echo_L 16 Mar 2020
        Replying to @DonnaLoyd4 @MelissaGomez004 and

        I was a house cleaner for 20 years and have 2 daughters whom I hope will never have to clean houses, and they are the same as you! Tons of kindness in what you wrote! Thx

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