This Makes Me Happy!

A millionaire who inflicted years of abuse on two Indonesian housekeepers held as virtual slaves in her Long Island mansion was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison.
Varsha Sabhnani, 46, was convicted with her husband in December on a 12-count federal indictment that included forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude and harboring aliens.

But then they make me grumpy with this line: The trial provided a glimpse into a growing U.S. problem of domestic workers exploited in slave-like conditions.

Let's be clear about something. The problem is one of culture. Not American culture, but the culture of those who have immigrated to the U.S. from countries where it is not only common for middle class households to have entire staffs of "help" but where it is also not unusual to hold people in perpetual servitude or even de facto slavery.