Billionaire threatens to fire employees if they vote for Obama

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  1. Denny Crane

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    It's his business he can do what he wants with it.

    Raise the taxes to 91% and he'll do what he promised in his letter:

    "If that happens, you can find me in the Caribbean sitting on the beach, under a palm tree, retired, and with no employees to worry about."

    But that's OK with welfare statists, it only means more people to be in need.
     
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    Guess I missed the part where he threatened to fire any employees who voted for Obama. :dunno:
     
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    florida is a swing state, kinda shrewd on this guys part, and subtle like a hammer fuck to the mouth hole
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    And to figuratively dig up dead people to vote Democrat...
     
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    Still wondering where the 'billionaire' said he would fire employees who voted for Obama.
     
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    Try reading between the lines. "If Obama is elected, you could be fired." It's like saying the Blazers are a lottery team and will be lucky to win 25 games but I never said they were a bad team.

    This CEO has issues:

    "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," he wrote. "Rather than grow this company I will be forced to cut back. This means fewer jobs, less benefits and certainly less opportunity for everyone."


    In a version of Romney's "47 percent" remarks, Siegel added that "people like me who made all the right decisions and invested in themselves are being forced to bail out all the people who didn't. The people that overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed 42 years of my life for."

    The points are ones that have often been made during this election. But what makes the letter surprising is the source.


    David Siegel is the man who, together with his wife, Jackie, built the largest new house in America, known as "Versailles." His story first appeared in my book, "The High-Beta Rich." It then made it to the big screen with documentary film "The Queen of Versailles."


    They became symbols of outsized spending, debt and real estate in America.

    But when the company started buckling under $1 billion in debt during the crisis, the Siegels' home went into foreclosure and was put up for sale. They cut back on the jet, took the kids out of private school and gave up some of their staff.

    So why is David Siegel - a man who defined excess and debt in the 2000s - now saying that debt and spending are ruining the country?
     
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    Still wondering where he said he'd fire anyone who voted for Obama, as the OP stated. :dunno:

    Plus, he employs literally thousands of people. If his taxes go up, he will downsize his company.
     
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