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The CEO Letter Heard Around The World "Vote Obama; Lose Your Job"
NewsBusters reports on THE letter from David Siegel, the founder and CEO of real estate company Westgate Resorts on Monday threatened to fire some employees if Barack Obama is reelected and carries out his plan to raise taxes on the so-called rich. The following are highlights from an email message sent by Siegel to his staff that was obtained and verified as authentic by Gawker. "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."
Subject: Message from David Siegel
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. [...]
Now, the economy is falling apart and 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. Yes, business ownership has its benefits, but the price I've paid is steep and not without wounds. Unfortunately, the costs of running a business have gotten out of control, and let me tell you why: We are being taxed to death and the government thinks we don't pay enough. We pay state taxes, federal taxes, property taxes, sales and use taxes, payroll taxes, workers compensation taxes and unemployment taxes. I even have to hire an entire department to manage all these taxes. The question I have is this: Who is really stimulating the economy? Is it the Government that wants to take money from those who have earned it and give it to those who have not, or is it people like me who built a company out of his garage and directly employs over 7000 people and hosts over 3 million people per year with a great vacation?
Obviously, our present government believes that taking my money is the right economic stimulus for this country. The fact is, if I deducted 50% of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't work here. I mean, why should you? Who wants to get rewarded only 50% of their hard work? Well, that's what happens to me. [...]
Business is at the heart of America and always has been. To restart it, you must stimulate business, not kill it. However, the power brokers in Washington believe redistributing wealth is the essential driver of the American economic engine. Nothing could be further from the truth and this is the type of change they want.
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.
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 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.
Signed, your boss,
David Siegel
For those unfamiliar with Siegel, he is the founder and CEO of Westgate Resorts, a real estate and timeshare company.
He and his wife were also the subject of the recent documentary "The Queen of Versailles" about their desire to build the largest home in America.
According to Gawker, they were worth over a billion dollars in 2007, but that could be less now as a result of the real estate bust.
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My point is this:
This guy is a beneficiary of the welfare state, and too stupid to realize it. Cut out the deficit spending and all the welfare dollars he collects from bankers, defense contractor employees, college professors, SEC porn-surfers, etc. etc vanish.
Over 40% of GDP is government spending, so just 'cause you write a check to the IRS, it doesn't mean you're a taxpayer. And while it's good for all these people's self-esteem that they don't think of themselves as moochers, they are.
More like 60% of GDP is government spending and related to government spending. I'm not even sure if that is high enough.
16 trillion wasn't spend on welfare cheques to Chicago residents or SNAP cards.
You have no idea how much he has benefited from the welfare state. Thats a stupid speculation on your part. Maybe he would have done ten times better without this piece of garbage system. Anyone who can builkd a 7000 person company is a productive person. They dont need to government unlike you. go back to the teat to beg for some more milk from mama
It's going to get harder, and harder, and harder as you get older
And in the end you'll pack up, fly down south
Hide your head in the sand
Just another sad old man
All alone and dying of cancer...HA-HA!"
I did feel some sympathy for his predicament until I read part of his business is a "timeshare company".
From personal experiance of these companies he can Rot in hell.
because once you've seen one timeshare company you've seen them all. thats sure an insightful comment.h
Dear god are you a stupid piece of shit.
It's the principle of what he's referring to that's important, not what he does for living...fact is he is an employer and he's getting taxed to death, that's what he's saying
it seems that the Jews have all got their top secret docs delivered this past week........and its thumbs down for Obama
Haha, this is funny. This guy thinks the president is in charge! ROFLMAO! He also thinks that voting changes things. Sounds like he needs his diaper changed. How does such a retard become a CEO.
I've never met a benevolent CEO. Tax em high folks!
I am sure you have met many CEO's
For crying out loud ted turner gave 1 billion to UN. Gates will donate many billions. never enough is it you greedy sob.
How much is enough? Taking other people's money. Its called theft, whether you do it with the governments gun and your mob or you do it the manly old fashion way and face your vicitm.
Turner and Gates are eugenicist pricks. Instead of using their billions for good they want to cull the world's population. Look it up!
LOL I got a chuckle out of this one. Do you even go here?
Romney suck. Obama suck too.
Write in Ron Paul...or write in yourself....voting in the two party system is a fuck sandwich
Write in Ron Paul...or write in yourself....voting in the two party system is a fuck sandwich
Income taxes don't tax wealth. They tax income. Rich people HAVE a lot of money. They don't necessarily MAKE a lot of money. The income tax only steals money as you earn it, creating a situation where people can not accumulate wealth to become "rich". Of course, you can continue to listen to your "liberal" politicians telling you how they need to raise income taxes to stick it to the rich. But rich people honestly don't give a rat'z donkey fuck about income taxes. And rich people don't really give a fuck about inheritance taxes either, tax the guy with $30m at the same rate as someone with $30bn and the richer person becomes richer in comparison.
But the math-challenged covetous retards don't get it. They just think "tax rich, give to me".
And that's how you make yourself a slave.
Bingo. Give that man a prize.
+ 100 if I could.
The government of the USA no longer has a functional framework as it has been co-opted by lobbyists and those in power who grant favourable legislation for rewards. A lack of integrity amongst politicians and business leaders has lead to the un-workable regulations, tax codes and loopholes that discourage new business formation in general as you need an army of lawyers/accountants to figure things out. An under-class of free-loaders who try to work the system is also a major problem. The government has promised too many programs that are un-affordable. Things need to be made more simple and efficient. Foul actors need to be prosecuted. Obama's failure to prosecute the Wall Street criminals is why I can't vote for him.
What, you don't support the first time-traveling president? "I was conceived during the march on Selma" - BHO
Obama born 1961. March on Selma 1965.
It just happened to be the world's longest human gestational period on record.
He doesn't seem to realize that the U.S.S.A. has crossed the Rubicon already.
FUCK THEM BOTH!
How hypocritical is it for this guy to say
"the good news is this: The economy doesn't currently pose a threat to your job"
And to follow that with this statement
"the economy is falling apart "
Just another spoiled and clueless hypocrite if you ask me.
Linda Ronstadt said it best: Poor Poor Pitiful Me!
This letter is also extremely racist and may very well be deemed a hate crime in many states!
Yes, this fella is hopelessly lost in the false right/left paradigm!
If he thinks taxes are bad now wait till Obamacare stars unfolding! Yikes!
Tuco
Name one thing in this letter that's racist.
I thought my sarcasm was obvious by deeming it a possible hate crime.
Lightin up!
oh yeah, like voting for that other fucking tool would make a god damned bit of difference.
Who does this guy think is gonna make him money then? It's called Adam Smith basic basic basic economics you dumbshit. 1st rule of capitalism:Pay your employees less than they are worth, it is how one "makes" money.
Ben you need to double your money printing pronto so that David Siegel spends his dollars before they become confetti. Go Bernanke, you are the unsung hero of all farmers in the world, and all financial assets ( your finanical asset is the debt of the farmer) will get wacked (equities too through inflation). Ben Bernanke is a true hero that is making bond going burnt crisp. And David Siegel, I hope you spend the dollars on the balance sheet of your company pronto. Financial repression is directed at financial assets owners, :-) :0 ;-)
Bernanke is a hero. He prints money so that corporations are forced to borrow and spend or spend their net cash. Fuck the cash hoarders Ben, and Krugman is right, we need a lot more inflation and Bernanke is going too slowly.
Oh wow, look! Steve Liesman posts on ZH!
Ever notice David Axelrod has the classic cocksucker's mouth and chin ensemble .... perfect for blowing Obama's cum bubbles !
Ever notice David Axelrod ... looks like Hitler.
Yep, two eyes, a nose and a mouth. Both of them Zionist tools.
maybe I should add back in the 7 seconds of Rick I cut out?
YouTube - Did White House serve up B.S. from BLS on Jobs Numbers? Ask Rick Santelli about the Conspiracy.
"Vote Obama; Lose your Job"... More likely "Re-elect Obama; lose your Ass" - "Elect an Ass; Lose your Ass".
Seriously, if ObamaCare goes into effect, if you work for a company that has between 51 -100 employees and does not offer health insurance, watch out - you may lose your job or be cut back to part time and then have the double whammy of paying the ObamaCare tax. This is particularly true for restaurants.
Then you should probably quit and not work there in the first place.
If you don't have a job and are not classified as unemployed and you do not buy health insurance, you will still have to pay the ObamaCare tax.
Dont forget these government workers are still writing the requirments of obamacare so who knows what freedoms we may still loose
Then fix the law by penalizing circumvention of the law, such as done with bank anti-structuring laws and the DMCA.
It would be amusing to see businesses unable to pull the 49 employee, contractor, or part time stunts when such dishonesty costs more than hiring direct FT workers.
ALL YOUR VOTES NOW BELONGS TO ME!!!
What a fucking hole Florida is.
Pssst. I'll let you in on a secret. Mr.Siegel is going to downsize his company anyway.
Does this asshole know Romney mad all his money sucking off the government? What the fuck planet does this guy live on. Someone shoot this stupid SOB, waste of fucking space AND money...
"Romney mad all his money sucking off the government" how exactly? Give specific examples. Except that you can't. Just another liberal troll cunt.
Exactly -
IF he was such a Libertarian;
THEN why didn't he support Ron Paul?
ELSE he will support whoever he thinks can keep the ponzi going.
ENDIF
your THEN should be an ELSEIF
"Versailles" is not ever going to get completed. Who the heck will buy time shares, they can't even afford a house at bargain prices. Sucker is going down, he's going to close shop anyway. This way he finds someone to blame and get some political spotlight.
Voters gone wild!
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
Looking forward to November, 6th...
Apparently, Chinese Citizenism patience in anticipation of roadside squatting is near-eternal.
Or is constipationalism the mattering thing in Chinese Citizenism, the crustiest bit of a very important colonic something?
Regardingless, why wait in first place, when you have the power of the magical lightning-powered time-traveling flying rickshaw of Benjamin Franklin inventionism of 'american' fabled past at your disposal? I would think that after going back in time 500 years to Easter Island to introduce your so-called "US Citizenism" to the place (which has only led to five centuries of Easter Island head-scratchingism) and blobbing-up all their resources, you could hop forward in time one measly month with it as well.
akak said:
He's been "occupied" with Easter Island recently, crapping on the sides of their new roads and blobbing up trouble down there:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/world/americas/slow-burning-rebellion-...
I call "Bullshit"! This guy sounds like he's been created by the Obama campaign to garner votes for Obama. His e-mail has gone viral too quick and is too directed towards "Boobus Americanus, who is going to show him": s/he'll vote for Obama just to spite this mofo.
Bernays, from his grave, strikes again.
http://dddanalyst.blogspot.com/2012/10/steve-wynn-business-is-frightened-of.html Steve Wynn response he hires 250,000
This guy is a CEO? This buffoon has no concept of group psychology and the fact that he is fueling the fire of the liberal base and whatever swing votes that might be left.
"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.”
Really? Cos like normally when people lose their jobs, is cos the economy is in the shit.....regardless of whom or what caused it.
So the question in return would then be: IF I / You lose our jobs - and its Not the What - because that would BE the economy - THEN it must be Whom?
Man, I am so glad this guy has removed Mother Nature / Dumb Luck / Black Swans / Government Subsidies and any other Random Shit from this equation.
Now we can focus on Arseholes!!! Because if I was gonna pick one – wouldn’t it be the Arsehole closest to this email?
<Hows that four logic Pa?>
FYI to -1
90% or company failures are due to the bad management...not the unions, not the government, not the workers, not the tax laws, not technology, etc....you get the point.
Short accordingly...
and thats a fact because you have proof. what a ridiculous statement. 90% of failures are from etc
Maybe 90% of failures are from companies not nuzzling up to the right government teat. Then having to compete with those that do.
The government has gone way beyond its rightful scope. Until we define the proper roll of government (providing courts and protecting property rights) you can short the government accordingly.
David Siegel is a despicable old man who thinks he can buy everything with his money.
I would rather have it said, 'He lived usefully,' than, 'He died rich.' — Benjamin Franklin.
and you will do neither.
Probably.
Siegel is such a dick.
Don't you people have anything better to do than waste your time arguing back and forth here?
I was thinking this is one of the better and more balanced discussions I have seen on the Internet. It is taking place at a level above the artificial "fray".
Cut out the middleman. The time has come. Write in: Corzine for President!
Posted this on another site about the same article:
I tried this in 2008. Told my staff of 3 that there would be only one left in March if the Bamster was elected. They voted for him anyway and all three were gone by April.
So many people voted for Bam in 2008 based upon the emotion of the times, the idea that he represented all their frustration in being held back due to race, gender, etc. When you ask them now, only a few percent will tell you the truth of why they did this and if they regret it. Many are sorry, but they actually blame middle age white guys for “making them do it”.
I am guessing a LOT regret their decision, but will tell no one if they intend to change their vote this time around. They see what a light weight and a disaster the Bamster is, the truth has been revealed. Who wants to admit they were duped.
People will not vote their self interest on this thing, the race will be very close. White guilt and “social justice” are very powerful motivators.
The "false choice of left vs right/R vs D" and "Romney is no better" crowd will descend, but who can defend the utter incompetence displayed by the Bamster?
schu
Bam bam wins in a landslide aginst the unklikeable mittens.
The econ slide becomes an avalanche. Get out the way!
You are either braindead or naive to think for one moment that John Mcain and Sarah palin could have handled this mess any better - the only difference might have been that your three employees were drafted to fight another war on terror...
Your's is not a response, just more name calling. I never suggested MCain/Palin would do better.
Maybe some citations and facts would be of interest.
But the lack of these pesky things called facts we have all come to expect from supporters of the Bamster.
sschu
I don't support Obama - I don't support Romney either, however whoever inherits this proverbial bag of shit has their hands full of shit - and unfortunately Obama inherited a mesh bag of shit four years ago and in fairness you cannot rag on him for the job he has done... was Obamacare a desperate act to leave a legacy in the dying hours of a political term, probably - however for you to state with authority that all three of your employees lost their jobs as a result of Obama is absurd...
however for you to state with authority that all three of your employees lost their jobs as a result of Obama is absurd...
Citation please.
sschu
I personally belief obama is evil and is a statist/marxist who does not like tis country
Romney may or may not be a statist but i believe he has a sole and a belief in god and that for me is enough to vote for him.
When the shit hits the fan and it will soon i like the odds of going back to the constitution and bill of rights better with romney at the head. If its obama i know he thinks the constitution is an outdated document
March '09 when market hit rock bottom ...
schu, be at least honest here in the safety of your anonymity ..
would you have held on to the employees if McCain/Palin got in after the devastating market crashes of '08 and '09?
You can fool yourself only for so long, bud. I admit I swallowed all the bullshit about Obama from the web hook, line and sinker and thought the guy's term was the beginning of the end of the world.
Now four years later, trillions in debt which benefited the super wealthy and kept the economy afloat enough so the bottom wouldn't fall out ... and we're still talking about Obama "the great marxist and socialist" .. bull crap I tell ya.
Look at Romney's record though. He's the epidemy of vulture capitalist and much (not all) that has gone wrong over decades of financial manipulation. That's his record. Not rumors, not fiction. Strictly record. That's a measure of success to some, I guess. To me it's a sad sad statement of greed, extortion and exploitation.
Let's just take a look at those policies/legislation we have had to endure under the Bamster:
Stimulus
Government Motors
Dodd/Frank
ObamaCare
Oil Drilling Moratorium
These are all the Bamsters work, I would like to see some defense of these things. Have they helped or hurt us?
sschu
No, these are legislations that were written well before Obama took office. Obama just happened to be the guy in the White House who was told to enact them.
Stimulus was passed at the very beginning of O's term. Full of pork as the GOP pointed it out. That same bill would have passed under McCain. Make no mistake.
"Obama"Care is an expansion of Medicare and Medicaid which were both GOP enacted legislations under Bush if I recall correctly. The single largest contributor to Bush's campaigns was Big Pharma and not Big Military as often cited.
"Drill Baby Drill" is just as unpopular with GOP as with Dems. For different reasons or so they say. Don't you think that if we had wanted to "Drill Baby Drill" right here in the US, we could have done that in 8 years with Bush when our oil supply from the Middle East looked at least somewhat frail???? It would have made so much sense. That oil was there well before Bush's two terms as well.
Bush and the GOP had 8 FUCKING YEARS to "DRILL BABY DRILL" and ZIP! Why?
No, these are legislations that were written well before Obama took office. Obama just happened to be the guy in the White House who was told to enact them.
LOL!
This and blame Bush plus McCain would have done the same.
Is this all you got? If they were bad policies, why did Bam agree to them?
Unless of course he is a complete fool.
sschu
This so-called "businessman" DEFAULTED on his own house! His business was all but gone... if not for Geithner and Bernanle - both appointed by Obama! ZIRP and "extend & pretend" are the 2 reasons why his business is even "alive." Without Benny and Tim he would've been in bankruptsy and his business would have been carved up and sold to "vultures."
And instead of asking how can he better pay back Obama for what he's done for him and for 1% in general, this ungrateful MoFo wants Obama out of office? Yeah, sure. But remember this: Obama is not Ralph Nader, not Dennis Kucinich, not Lenin, Maa or Robespierre.
Ok, it's Romney after Obama. But it's going to be Lenin/Mao/Rebespierre after Romney! Pay 3% extra tax (after grabbing 93% of all gains) or guillotine? This dumb MoFo made his pick
Thousands of businesses are reviewing payrolls right now to make sure they aren't over the obamacare 50 employee threshold. Entire departments can be spun off or outsourced to avoid obamacare.
obamacare states the threshold of part time is under 30 hours a week. Government will be devastating workers, requiring them to now get two part time jobs to get enough hours, instead of work one.
Dam all the marxist are out today
What does threaten your job however, is another 4 years of the same Presidential administration
No you useless POS. What threatens our very livlihoods is your overlords who, in their quest for more power, think the least of us is a statistic. You are in fact a statistic, you useless goon with a recognizable face, doing the bidding of your unnamed masters for a bone.
Anyone losing their jobs at your firm are the lucky ones you pompous clueless ass.
This dumb fuck thinks its going to be "safer" on a volcanic fault? Just proves you can have a billion and still be a complete fucking idiot....
I have a pretty good idea of what the next letter, accompanying the pink slip, will be to this guy's employees:
"Suck it in and cope, buddy. Suck it in and cope."
What the guy said is true. But as so many pointed out he probably became a CEO by total underhanded dealings. I have worked for those kind of guys. They have lots of money and they get angry when they loose it but they run all over their employees who are trying to make the company successful, just because they can. That is how America works today. So while I don't want to hear the guy whine because he can't buy another Ferrari, I understand that it is very dificult to start companies today.
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Focusing not on the man, but on the message, he is exactly right. Under the Statists, Democrat or Republican, there is little to no incentive to build. The incentive is to become a taker. And even the builders will go into wait-and-see mode for a long time, waiting out the Statists. Until builders calculate that the rewards outweigh their risks, they will not be in building mode.
Ugh...a timeshare company? I f-ing hope he closes that POS. Death to timeshares!
(no endorsement of the "D" side intented in this message)
I will say that the travel industry and resort industry is gone no matter who gets elected. It ain't coming back.
He's a CEO? What a freaking fool. Does it really matter who's living at 1600 Penn.?
Better vote Romney, he outsources with a profit.
Fuck Davy and fuck real estate.Bring this shit system down to it's lowest level.
Wow... Just..... WOW.
This is a variation of same letter from 2008. The CEO of that company was a civil engineering firm that did most of its business with government . Somehow these linear thinkers never connect the dots.
There are thousands of business owners that are hanging by their fingernails and scared shitless about this election.
Many have deferred maintenance and improvements out of a lack of confidence and uncertainty as to what the government will do next.
I personally know many business owners that will close down shortly after the election if Obama is re elected.
I also know many that will take out new personal loans and reinvest in their businesses if Romney wins.
Makes no sense and you know it.
Romney and his ilk are a gang of vulture capitalists. They crash the system and buy on the cheap. Good luck with that personal investment into a company when all goes to shits BY DESIGN. They will probably not own their companies once they're forced to liquidate to Romney's clan for cents on the Dollar.
THAT IS HIS FUCKING RECORD!
I'm sick of these f'n business owners whining about "certainty". There is no f'm certainty and there never was. They think because they started a business the "deserve" profits. These greedy dicks don't hate government.....they hate government that does not COVER THEIR ASS when they f-up.
-5 for making the full retard assertion that the government is somehow covering the entrepreneur's ass. And another -5 for thinking that political uncertainty, especially the political uncetainty of the day - increasing the welfare state v. reducing the welfare state - has no effect on investment decisions. And a further -5 for thinking that those that take risk do not deserve a return on that risk which is surely un American and by any measure.
Your right, political uncertainty just came into being in 2008. Oh, and taking risk is all you have to do to get a profit, hmmmm, I wonder how the casino's stay in business? 90% of all new businessses fail.....so we are always told..... and that's never the entrepenuers fault....right? Too funny.
That's no understatement to say thousands of business owners and the livelihoods of millions of Americans are hanging on by their fingernails. To complicate things, we are living in the post-Corzine era of no justice whatsoever for financial-political criminals and have been living with the terror state for over 10 years. Throw in talk of 30,000 drones, WWIII, and Dec 21, 2012 and the best thing for us would be MASS ARRESTS and trials for the guilty... http://tinyurl.com/cd5cyjo/
BREAKING NEWS-- It will be too bad if the economy and not Benghazigate sweeps the President out of office. People died and those bitchez lied!
There are hundreds of thousands of bacteria on a single grain of rice just waiting for a warm breeze from the south caribbean sea to spread their wings and float to unknown destinations around the world, infecting the populations of those destinations with unthinkable illnesses the like of which has never been recorded in the history of man. I personally know of many of these bacteria who WILL NOT take flight should Romney win the election - they will lay dormant and unexposed forever if he wins.... just sayin....
So you like Boss Tweed? That's what you're wishing to re-introduce to the United States - something un-American enough to warrant its own HUAC and associated blacklists.
Anyone working at such a business would do well to look for anything that is legally actionable against the business owner and document it. Then prevent or mitigate the business owner's sabotage by making their decision cost them their assets or their freedom - depending on the violations found.
If there is much more of this sabotage, I'd expect the US government to consider these people equivalent to AQ or drug runners.
Newsbusters, Newsmax, The National Enquirer. All bastions of journalistic credibility.
Fuck a bunch of Neocons. Obama didn't get us into this banking shit and not he or any one else is going to get us out. There is NO WAY not to make this shit worse. Right Wingers get there way in the end, no SS, no health care, but no country either. You should be so proud.
These guys all talk out of their ass at the tail end of the game. No one has any credibility. People should just go crazy on their asses.
I'm no fan of Obama, but the only resonable thing we can do is find out what businesses this jackass owns and refuse to do business with him.
One vote for David Siegel: asshole of the year.
Funny how you bump in to douchebags like Siegel everyday.
Hey Tylerz, this the Comedy Thread of the Day?
Yes? FucknA
No? FucknA
as for CEO of the Day,
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. e.burke
Boycott Westgate Resorts. as bad as Obama is, he's far from the root cause of ANY of the USA's problems.
Either bullshitters or havent figured out the black hole dark pool capital game. Either way dont follow the blind man/SS guard/human waste recycler.
This dick's company is proabaly already headed down the shitter. He's just setting up an excuse to cover his ass once it does.
I heard a great term yesterday describing mindless Obama supporters - Obammunists.
Just thought I'd share. Apologies if you have heard it before.
Carry on.
ditto
Is everyone missing the point here?
Yawn.... At most, you might get an extra year of your job with Mittens. A different mid management wanker is not going to make a lot of difference. Make sure you vote non Red or Blue.
All this Welching smells like desperation to me. And, Obama was pushed - first by banksters while under duress, and then by whatever made him throw the game last Thursday. I didn't vote for the man but I am not blind or deaf. Neo-cons or their current equivalent will co-opt a Tea Party and use Rovian/Atwater tactics, all very well thought out, to win at all costs.
Once you stop thinking like a "team" player, it is pretty easy to see the strategies.
Blackmail: its easy to squeeze those 47% who see themselves as victims.
"The fact is, if I deducted 50% of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't work here. I mean, why should you? Who wants to get rewarded only 50% of their hard work? Well, that's what happens to me."
The fact of the matter is that for years corporate chieftains have raped their employees...sorry, but it's true. They've substituted 401k's for pensions, they've reduced the medical coverages, they've watched passively - while health insurance companies have provided less benefits for more money. They've reduced compensation, while asking employees to relocate and work longer hours. This has gone on year after year after year
The top 1%'s compensation has grown enormously during this period.
I have no problem with business owners taking more compensation, but you can't ignore the plight of the worker forever. The guy doing the work has ultimately been getting screwed a tidge more year after year after year.
Now, the rubber meets the road.
It's the government or the corporation owners that are going to have to pay down the debt. Will politicians ever take less ? .... guess who's going to lose Mr. Business Owner
They can't take blood from a stone. The workers have nothing left to give.
Ok, so he wishes to make a threat against someone's political beliefs? This guy forgets just how far the government can go to thwart such an attempt, and he deserves to receive any punitive measures that come his way.
If he wants to enjoy time in the Caribbean, Guantanamo Bay is available - where he can watch his business prosper under a less vindictive owner.
I think just about everyone on the forum knows what is going on. Everyone's got a little bit of a different view, but we know where this is going. The election is a carnival game.
really sad when an employer has the balls to challenge your intelligence and massage the threat with empathy...
what the last half-century has brought america [the republic?] closer too... is a bifurcated and surrogate'd kinship. one of royalty[?], or two of feudalism[?]! yes, a power wielding affront upon individuality and the intransigent lack of pellucid dialogue baked over generations in a fustian petri dish... now an 'asymbiotic anomaly' of the 'third-kind'?
don't be confused by the rhetoric of two turds? both have emulsified into a pile of diarrhea,... a cesspool of pure unadulterated shit! this dichotomous pile of shit stinks of socialism while permeating a leeching fascist nationalism of seasoned[?] carrion! hooray!
none will dare answer... or be asked the hard questions-- such as foreign policy...or how they plan to incarcerate 'julian assange' in guantanamo for life!
and, you can bet your sweet ass, neither will keep their campaign promises as long as we keep 'nato' as our punch[?]ing bag... or is it a convenient truth that the 'punch[?] bag was always meant for party dipping?
jmo
Ps. next time you vote, mail it in... literally, in a bag of shit!!!
Unfortunately Romney won't be any better. However, I see the business point of view here as valid.
Nothing like having a boss who dangles your job over your head for political reasons. I'd quit and tell him to fucking shut up.
A class-A cunt with an obvious narcissistic bent. Notice how many times he says "me" and "my"? Oh my god. Does he know how many of "his" staff are laughing at what a fucking cunt he is for whining about his insufficient billionaire status?
Incidentally, and "for your information", this guy is why non-Americans often "hate Americans". The egotism (not Rand's "egoism") is just off the charts cuntlike. To write a letter like this to your staff is so pathetic that I am driven to calling him a cunt in a stale thread with 700 comments. That's how pathetic he is.
These cunts never ever have enough money to stop trying to justify themselves and make up for their concern about dick size. (See how I didn't say he had a small dick? That's class.)
Something tells me ' He never built that' didn't work so well as a strapline for this guy?
Something tells me ' He never built that' didn't work so well as a strapline for this guy?
Hey David Siegel :
It's likely ego centered persons like you will read all the comments to this article.
Seems like you might benefit in ways by reading this analysis :
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/observations-engineer
Or if you personally know David, email him the above link to that web page.
Best --