Why You Should Outsource Domestic Chores Now

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In respeonse to the previous comments: I really don't understand why there should be a prescription for who has a valid career and has a legitimate right to hire domestic help. I've cleaned houses before and the $25 an hour I earned wasn't anything to sneeze at. It also allowed me more time with my kids. Not everyone is in a position to work full time somewhere and get benefits. Some would rather enjoy flexibility and a higher wage to compensate their household incomes, or perhaps their spouse receives benefits at work. Hiring domestic help is not cheating someone else out of a life. Seriously?
If a person can afford it, outsoursing is their choice, to spend their time as THEY choose. They do what they prefer to spend their time doing, and someone gets a job. Seems like a win-win to me.

Michelle of ND 11:26AM September 28, 2009

This author reminds me of Bill Clinton, calling $250K/yr middle class. Wake up and smell the coffee, our middle household income is like $50K and I'd assume that includes enlarged family members incomes errantly added in per household recently. Families are recently shacking together during this recession/depression.
No way can the bottom 95% of the household incomes afford maids and personal assistants. Besides, why have we become so lazy? I see go to the gym and work out; but don't clean your house?

Softwarengineer of WA 1:00PM July 02, 2009

There is something wrong with a country that presumes an endless supply of under-employed servants should be available on the cheap to do laundry at a few dollars an hour and no health insurance---for people doing things like "financial coaching, writing and managing web content." Sounds peachy for a few---and sounds like jibberish for most. You think your local second-grade teacher gets domestic help?
USNWR getting uppity, or what?

Muser of NM 1:00PM July 02, 2009