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lol thinkprogress.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/201...ees/?mobile=nc
The CEO of a massive timeshare company sent an email about the upcoming election to his employees yesterday, threatening to fire some of them if President Obama wins re-election.
David Siegel, who owns Florida-based Westgate Resorts, sent an email to all his employees yesterday to discuss the upcoming election. “The economy doesn’t currently pose a threat to your job,” Siegel wrote, noting that the company is “the most profitable [it's] ever been.” “What does threaten your job however, is another 4 years of the same Presidential administration.” He went on to say that although he “can’t tell you whom to vote for,” if Obama is re-elected, it would mean “fewer jobs, less benefits and certainly less opportunity for everyone.”
Here are a few select paragraphs from the email:
Subject: Message from David SiegelYou can view the email in full here.
Date:Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:58:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: [David Siegel]
To: [All employees]
To All My Valued Employees,
As most of you know our company, Westgate Resorts, has continued to succeed in spite of a very dismal economy. There is no question that the economy has changed for the worse and we have not seen any improvement over the past four years. In spite of all of the challenges we have faced, the good news is this: The economy doesn’t currently pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is another 4 years of the same Presidential administration. Of course, as your employer, I can’t tell you whom to vote for, and I certainly wouldn’t interfere with your right to vote for whomever you choose. In fact, I encourage you to vote for whomever you think will serve your interests the best.
However, let me share a few facts that might help you decide what is in your best interest.
[...]
So where am I going with all this? It’s quite simple. If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, as our current President plans, I will have no choice but to reduce the size of this company. Rather than grow this company I will be forced to cut back. This means fewer jobs, less benefits and certainly less opportunity for everyone.
So, when you make your decision to vote, ask yourself, which candidate understands the economics of business ownership and who doesn’t? Whose policies will endanger your job? Answer those questions and you should know who might be the one capable of protecting and saving your job. While the media wants to tell you to believe the “1 percenters” are bad, I’m telling you they are not. They create most of the jobs. If you lose your job, it won’t be at the hands of the “1%”; it will be at the hands of a political hurricane that swept through this country.
Siegel earned national notoriety this year for his quest to build the biggest house in America, “a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles.”
In a bizarre twist, Siegel’s email was modeled after a fake letter that made the rounds on the internet during the last last presidential election. He confirmed his own email’s authenticity in a phone call to Gawker, saying that “it speaks the truth” and gives employees “something to think about when they go to the polls.”
ThinkProgress reached out to Siegel for comment, but no response was given.
lol thinkprogress.
King Siegel's golden throne
TB
What's wrong with being honest about how new taxed impact a business?
Damn, that dudes a pimp!
Fire? " I can’t tell you whom to vote for, and I certainly wouldn’t interfere with your right to vote for whomever you choose. In fact, I encourage you to vote for whomever you think will serve your interests the best."
Doesn't sound like he will fire anyone plus no way he will know who voted for who so no story. God bless
Great question. Why can't people be honest?
Is this what you call honest? Because it sounds like bull to most people with a brain.
Dude says higher taxes will hurt the bottom line.
That's some hard-hitting analysis from the moonbats at thinkprogress.borg.
Pretty sure that's a dead cat on his baby grand piano.
"If I only get to keep 62 cents on the dollar instead of 65, I will be forced to forgo millions!"
It's either dishonest or really stupid business.
The dude has a throne. Shut your piehole.
But I suppose all these business that close because Obama wins can just move to Canada and sell to all the Americans who moved there after Bush won.
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Game. Set. Match.
Cant argue with a throne, or a dead cat.
How many of you read his whole email?
I did. But srsly. A throne?
Where you been coyotes_geek?
Color me unsurprised.
Apologetics for a red teamer telling his employees how to vote, and the usual suspects see nothing wrong.
Sigh.
Does anyone doubt that if this guy had told his employees that voting for Romney would potentially endanger their jobs, the same people who don't see a problem here would suddently be screaming bloody murder?
Last edited by RandomGuy; 10-09-2012 at 04:18 PM.
Poor cat. Just couldn't hang on long enough to see his owner, Ernst Blofeld aka David Siegel, go legit by getting Spectre into the timeshare business..........
Oh the drama. (rolls eyes)You see, I can no longer support a system that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. My motivation to work and to provide jobs will be destroyed, and with it, so will your opportunities.
"If my taxes go up even slightly, I will suddenly throw my hands up and give up earning all this money, and throw in the towel"
GMAFB.
Go ahead. We will call your bluff, wad. Get the out of business, and someone else will step in and do the exact same thing, who will less. Welcome to capitalism.
I've gone through this for more than one election cycle and have been appraised of problems with voting Bush & Co. I've never felt like it was worth a thread....much less a blog article.
But, blue team seems to enjoy them, so all's good.
Poor cat. Just couldn't hang on long enough to see his owner, Ernst Blofeld aka David Siegel, go legit by getting Spectre into the timeshare business..........
I think they read it but they are confused. No one is going to get fired for voting for the blue team. No one is "telling" them how to vote.. Think progress got em worked up. Silly. God bless
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