Vote for ___ or lose your job!!

[holvy83]

I have read that some companies are sending out letters to employees basically spelling out why you the employee need to vote for Romney or wind up losing your job under the Obama Adminstration...

 

What would you think if you got one of those letters from your employer?

 

Is this a scare tactic?

 

the last thing I want is my employer trying to tell me how and who to vote for.

[sd'sker]

Arthur Allen Email: CEO Of ASG Software Solutions Asks Workers To Vote For Mitt Romney

 

 

i wonder why ceo's are so concerned for this election? what could they gain with a romney presidency?

[Ziggy]

Devils advocate, what would they lose from 4 more years from Obama.

[funhusker]

I would vote for "THE OTHER GUY" and sue like hell when I got fired because of it...

 

It they ever found out

[sd'sker]

Devils advocate, what would they lose from 4 more years from Obama.

i am guessing huge tax cuts. but nothing they could not survive after the first four years.

 

here is why one billionaire likes romney:

 

 

Sheldon Adelson: Investigation Into His Casinos By Justice Department Is Top Reason For Backing Romney

 

A source close to Adelson who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the casino owner does not expect a President Romney simply to close the case. "He was not talking about the investigation per se," the source said, suggesting instead that Adelson is concerned about politically motivated leaks.

Beyond the potential for a friendlier hearing from federal prosecutors, Adelson stands to be on the fun end of a $2 billion tax cut if Romney wins as well.

 

he is not one of the ceo's threatening employees, but i think he demonstrates who romney would represent and their invested interest in him.

[funhusker]

This is a sincere question for "attorneys" out there...

 

Where does a 'voting recommendation' cross the line of a 'voting requirement'?

 

I understand why a boss/manager might tell workers why a certain candidate might be better for their company/job, because candidates will affect each business differently. But when does it become an issue of "my boss TOLD me to vote for so-and-so", and how would a company know????

[AR Husker Fan]

This is a sincere question for "attorneys" out there...

 

Where does a 'voting recommendation' cross the line of a 'voting requirement'?

 

I understand why a boss/manager might tell workers why a certain candidate might be better for their company/job, because candidates will affect each business differently. But when does it become an issue of "my boss TOLD me to vote for so-and-so", and how would a company know????

See knapplc's post at http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/60446-2012-presidential-election-polls/page__view__findpost__p__1034967 and the posts thereafter (knapplc's post is found on page 5 and the explanation continues on page 6).

[huskerXman]

Fairly simple in my view. Tax cuts means these CEO's will be able to grow. How many companies do you kno

Devils advocate, what would they lose from 4 more years from Obama.

i am guessing huge tax cuts. but nothing they could not survive after the first four years.

 

here is why one billionaire likes romney:

 

 

Sheldon Adelson: Investigation Into His Casinos By Justice Department Is Top Reason For Backing Romney

 

A source close to Adelson who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the casino owner does not expect a President Romney simply to close the case. "He was not talking about the investigation per se," the source said, suggesting instead that Adelson is concerned about politically motivated leaks.

Beyond the potential for a friendlier hearing from federal prosecutors, Adelson stands to be on the fun end of a $2 billion tax cut if Romney wins as well.

 

he is not one of the ceo's threatening employees, but i think he demonstrates who romney would represent and their invested interest in him.

 

http://www.sourcewat...erican_Progress

 

The Center for American Progress was begun in 2003 with funding from philanthropists Herbert M. Sandler and Marion O. Sandler^[1] It is a Washington, DC-based liberal think tank created and led by President and Chief Executive Officer John D. Podesta, the head of Barack Obama's presidential transition team after the 2008 election and former Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton.

w that take tax cuts and pocket them all and don't use them to grow?

 

not biased at all..

[JJ Husker]

From an employers perspective, the " or lose your job" part of the plea to vote for Romney is not a direct threat but rather a dose of economic reality. An employer has no way to know how you voted and, even if they did, firing someone for how they voted would subject them to possible wrongful termination charges. In the case of my company, it is highly likely some or all employees could end up out of work if the economy of the last four years continues for another four. If I were to tell my employees tthat, it would be more me doing them a favor than threatening their job.

[VectorVictor]

From an employers perspective, the " or lose your job" part of the plea to vote for Romney is not a direct threat but rather a dose of economic reality. An employer has no way to know how you voted and, even if they did, firing someone for how they voted would subject them to possible wrongful termination charges.

 

No, it's pretty much a direct threat, no matter how hard you try to justify using intimidation and scare tactics to secure votes.

 

And while an employer has no way to know how you voted, whether or not you voted in of itself and which party you're registered under (if states require it) *is* a matter of public record and can be researched by an employer.

[sd'sker]

interesting take from twitter sensation @robdelaney:

 

FUN FACT for the 1% and job creators: The S&P 500 (often considered a proxy for the US economy) is up NINETY-ONE percent since Obama took office. 91%. That’s a lot. It’s, um, almost 100%. If you invested $100.00 on inauguration day, it’d be worth $191.00 today. If you’d invested a million, you’d have almost two million. It’d be what anyone, Warren Buffett or Mitt Romney included, would consider an excellent investment. If I were wealthy, I would say something like “Steady as she goes, Captain” to whomever was piloting the ship.

 

The above is a screenshot I took a few minutes ago from Google Finance; it’s not from any candidate’s website. The little hand shows Inauguration Day, 2009.

 

Feel free to share this with a friend or elderly white man.

[HSKR]

interesting take from twitter sensation @robdelaney:

 

FUN FACT for the 1% and job creators: The S&P 500 (often considered a proxy for the US economy) is up NINETY-ONE percent since Obama took office. 91%. That’s a lot. It’s, um, almost 100%. If you invested $100.00 on inauguration day, it’d be worth $191.00 today. If you’d invested a million, you’d have almost two million. It’d be what anyone, Warren Buffett or Mitt Romney included, would consider an excellent investment. If I were wealthy, I would say something like “Steady as she goes, Captain” to whomever was piloting the ship.

 

The above is a screenshot I took a few minutes ago from Google Finance; it’s not from any candidate’s website. The little hand shows Inauguration Day, 2009.

 

Feel free to share this with a friend or elderly white man.

So under Obama the rich investors have gotten richer, got it. Hooray for the poor and middle class who have little money to invest in the first place because it's all going to fill up their gas tanks.

[carlfense]

So under Obama the rich investors have gotten richer, got it. Hooray for the poor and middle class who have little money to invest in the first place because it's all going to fill up their gas tanks.

I wonder how that fits into the "Obama is anti-business" narrative?

[sd'sker]

So under Obama the rich investors have gotten richer, got it. Hooray for the poor and middle class who have little money to invest in the first place because it's all going to fill up their gas tanks.

first, do you really think obama has any affect on gas prices? second, i think the point is that the economy is recovering. the argument in this thread is about how businesses are going to have to fire employees because of how the economy is going. the s&p would disagree.

[JJ Husker]

So under Obama the rich investors have gotten richer, got it. Hooray for the poor and middle class who have little money to invest in the first place because it's all going to fill up their gas tanks.

I wonder how that fits into the "Obama is anti-business" narrative?

I don't know. I wonder how that fits into the "Obama is the champion of the middle class" narrative?