Billionaire threatens to fire employees if they vote for Obama

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/10/09/978211/david-siegel-fire-employees/

 

Voter intimidation is any concerted effort or practice by an individual or group on behalf of a party or candidate to coerce the voting behavior of a particular class or demographic of voters. He clearly committed a felony here.

He's also a moron as he freely admits his company has thrived as never before under Obama's administration.

 

He admits he has committed voter intimidation in a previous election also.

The Florida-based Westgate Resorts is not a public company. It is the domain of David Siegel, a staunch Republican. In fact, Siegel has publicly claimed credit for George W. Bush defeating Al Gore, saying "I had my managers do a survey on every employee [8,000 total]. If they liked Bush, we made them register to vote. But not if they liked Gore."

http://gawker.com/5950189/the-ceo-who-built-himself-americas-largest-house-just-threatened-to-fire-his-employees-if-obamas-elected?partner=skygrid#13498401622273&{"type":"iframeUpdated","height":2245}

 

Gee, I dunno. We passed a law in Oregon that allows union workers to directly intimidate people when voting to join a union. Libs thought that was fair.

 

You can't be serious.

 

A.) They in no way threaten our job if we vote one way or the other.

B.) Democrats are pro-Union it only makes sense that the unions would endorse the party.

C.) I work with several Republican's who are openly Republican and in no way do they fear for their job.

D.) I'm sure thats all that my $50 a month goes to. Political ads once every 4 years. Thats some clear thinking...

 

A recipe for business bankruptcy.

Once the law is fully enacted, these thoroughly un-American sweatshops will attract only workers who are unable to get a real job with a real employer. The fact that they serve unimaginative bland-tasting food will be compounded by the extremely poor customer service and internal theft this stand will invite. Not too smart.

 

usually I stay out of the political threads but this is just insane. The Teamsters one of the largest unions in the US CANNOT take my Dues and put it towards any of what you just said. There is a separate part of the teamsters I can give money to that does this but it is a donation I could give and everything they do is paid for by donations like that and not from any union Dues.

 

Aren't you a libertarian (I'm guessing)? If so why don't you believe in the freedom of making your own decisions?

 

So while you post "ThinkProgress is a bunch of liars" You post some right wing trash site and expect us to buy it... That's like coming in here and posting studies front the Heritage Foundation, or the Lewin Group and expecting us to believe its the truth.
The stuff that page report is Breitbart like...

 

From his posts, I doubt Denny even attended the first week.

Restoring some of the taxes the 1% paid in previous (and more robust) decades, even if they reached the level they were in 1960 (91%) would in no way necessitate the downsizing of any businesses. Taxes are on income (profits) and deliberately reducing income would only increase the overall hit to the 1%, not reduce it. And every 1%er knows this, but still they drag out their nonsensical threats and scare tactics because they know there are a lot of really stupid, gullible people out there who (unlike them) depend on their job for survival.

I hope his empty threats cause some of his employees to reconsider who they are working for and to seek employment from someone of stronger moral fiber.