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The Rob Porter Scandal Gets Worse: The FBI Warned the White House 3 Times About Him

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jaunte2/13/2018 2:49:48 pm PST

re: #248 JordanRules

“…Here’s how the program would work: Imagine a woman named Mary Turner, who lives in Wheeling, West Virginia. She was recently laid off from a chicken-processing plant and makes ends meet by walking and taking care of her neighbors’ pets. Mary could expand her little business by hiring some workers, but no one in the area would accept a wage she can afford. Mary goes online—to a new kind of international gig economy website, a Fiverr for immigrants—and applies to sponsor a migrant. She enters information about what she needs: someone with rudimentary English skills, no criminal record and an affection for animals. She offers a room in her basement, meals and $5 an hour. (Sponsors under this program would be exempt from paying minimum wage.)

I think we have that program already, but the maids locked inside the house for years and paid nothing keep escaping.