A MORE PLAUSIBLE VERSION:

The ant kicks back by his pool in the shade drinking martinis while the grasshopper slaves away in the hot sun for two bucks an hour under the threat of being deported. It’s not cool here because the ant is rich and wouldn’t live where his fat ass might get cold.
The grasshopper saves and saves his pennies and finally is able to buy some stock. The stock climbs so the grasshopper asks the ant for a raise. The ant fires him and turns him into immigration. Then the stock tanks for no particular reason but the ant somehow just made another cool ten million on the same stock. Hearing wind of insider trading and hiring illegals CNN shows up at the ant’s house but security won’t let them in. The ant makes a few calls and well placed contributions and politicians begin to thump their podiums….”How can you even insinuate the ant would do anything criminal?”. Colin Powell’s son is appointed to head the FCC. Laws are changed so that reporters from CNN and the likes will do as they are told when they are told and that means no bothering the likes of the ant! Moves are made and the head of the EEOC is ousted and replaced by a staunch conservative who will “Vigorously enforce equal employment laws”. Insider trading allegations die down and the grasshopper is now back working for one buck an hour. The press does a human-interest story about the ant and how generous he is to the less fortunate. All is calm in the world.