Who is cleaning Mitt Romney's houses? Maybe he uses the same agency who sent illegals to cut grass
WASHINGTON -- For a woman with three houses and sixteen grandkids, Ann Romney doesn't have very much help around the house, according to her 2010 tax return.
IRS forms released Tuesday by Mitt Romney's presidential campaign show that despite reporting income of $21.7 million, the couple paid only $20,603in taxable wages for household help in 2010. This figure was divided among four women: Rosania Costa ($4,808), Kelli Harrison ($8,667), Susan Moore ($2,238) and Valerie Cravens Anae ($4,890).
According to a number of Boston-based domestic staffing agencies, the salary range for a housekeeper is between $20 and $30 an hour, which adds up to an annual salary of $40,000 to $50,000 based on forty-hour weeks and two weeks of paid vacation a year.
But this number is only for one house, and the Romneys have three houses -- a 2,000 sq. ft. townhouse in Belmont, Mass., a 5,400 sq. ft. lake house on 11 acres in Wolfeboro, N.H., and a beach house in La Jolla, Calif., that is undergoing renovations to double its size.
Even if the Romneys avoided spending time in La Jolla in 2010, they spent plenty of time in New Hampshire, with regular visits in the summer from five sons and their families.
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supernova
(39,345 posts)appleannie1
(5,067 posts)maddezmom
(135,060 posts)ashling
(25,771 posts)for Pete's sake!
SamG
(535 posts)How's a rich Republican housewife to keep up?????
I'd love to see Ann Romney actually work a vacuum cleaner, (and before you accuse me of being biased, I'd hire her in a New York minute to clean my carpets!!! I would even offer my 50 years of my FREE labor experience every weekend and give her on-the-job training!!)