Why Meg, Why

[lame54]

Meg Whitman has spent 120 million on her campaign but was not smart enough to give her housekeeper a severance that would have kept her quiet.

[HipChick]

1. Who cares? $120M on a campaign and too cheap to hire a documented worker

Hope she spends another $120M...

[lunatica]

2. Meg spends millions on herself obviously and is cheap otherwise

Rich people are like that.

[arbusto_baboso]

3. People break the law because they honestly believe they'll never be caught.

And of course, she has the whole overdeveloped-sense-of-privilege thing going on, too.

[Merlot]

4. Plus she told the maid exactly why she was being fired

That's just her everyday arrogance.

[Fresh_Start]

5. The reason she hired illegal is because she is a CHEAPSKATE

its rather funny that her pennypinching behavior caught up with her in the end.

BTW, are/were her other employees legal? She had a 10K+ sq ft house on property with 2 boys to care for. I doubt Meg and her husband cut the lawn, cared for the pool, chauffeured the boys around.

[northernlights]

8. not likely

IRS official said that between 2003 and 2006 they only sent that letter out employers with ten employees with unmatching names and ssns.

This could be fun!

[Raine]

9. This going to get interesting

alright! :evilgrin:

[zbdent]

6. interesting ... background checks for legal citizens ...

but none for her employees ...

[Raine]

7. Arrogance

she honestly believes she can get away with that kind of thing, rules and laws are only for the "little people". :yoiks:

[Canuckistanian]

10. I asked myself that very same question

And the only reason I could come up with is that Republicans are cheap basterds.

[Parker CA]

11. Because she's an idiot and clearly isn't fit for the office she's running for.

[huskerlaw]

12. She's actually spent over $140M

and counting. She's going to have to shell out even more to counter the SEIU ads now too. Somehow I'm finding it impossible to feel at all sorry for her. ;)

[Moostache]

13. I only wish the campaign could last long enough for her to spend it all!

She is Ahab already and she is now on the whale in full soliloquy:
Spend it all Mad Midge. Spend it all!
The existence of the "little" people vexes thee!

"From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Ye damned "little" people."

[huskerlaw]

14. Part of me agrees with you

but the part of me that has to watch/listen to her insufferable commercials says OMG NO, PLEASE NO! ;)