I've literally read hundreds of 'comments' saying virtually the same thing.. "Hey, it's his company the gov't can tell him how to run it" .. "what is he supposed to do, lose money? that's not very smart business-wise"..."he said nothing wrong, if he loses money his employees lose.. what's the big deal"... in fact, I don't know if you remember, Draven from Muche, did the exact same thing before Obama was even elected.. he said that if Obama won the election he would close his company, fire his 100+ employees and tell them all to have a nice Christmas and enjoy their new president... and that's just what he did.. before a single tax was raised, but he even took the oath of office.. he fired them all right before Christmas and sold his company..
and 1/2 the board backed him for doing it..
so yeah, the kool-aid is powerful..
here's the thing..yes, this guy can fire whomever he wants... yes, when his profits go down,sadly he can and will drop employees. That's just the reality of any business.. But, what this guy said was different. what he said was It's all about me, vote the way I tell you,I built this company and if it wasn't for me,you'd be nothing.. and if you don't vote the way I tell you, you're fired.
that is a whole different animal than him just saying "Dear Employees, you all know the economy has really hurt the hotel industry. because of this I am going to have lay 300 people starting 3 weeks from now. I am very proud to have worked with all of you and wish you luck as you go on in your life outside this company"..
But like the '47%' comment that had people standing up saying "He's right".. instead this has created even more division IMO.. I look at "Romney/Ryan' yard signs and think "assholes".. 1st an foremost. It's not on purpose.. but to see people who support the 47% comment, Ryan's 30% comment,Siegal's comments.. all I can think is "what an asshole"...and Obama didn't do that.. Romney,Ryan and their 1% buddy did it..
It reminds me of some historical reading I was doing, about the Spanish Inquisition, Witch Burning and the like. Did you know that the people who turned in their friends, relatives for possible Witchcraft during the 1400's...a lot of THEM also wound up being burned alive because of association. "Well maybe you turned them in to cover your own witchcraft!" "You were the mother/father of this child...did you teach them this unholy art? Hmmmm." It goes on and on. In every century, people line up in droves to cut their own throats, because they get caught up in the hysteria, bigotry, stereotypes and never see anything beyond the reality they've chose to shut down and live inside of.
