1,000 years of darkness man.
Billionaire CEO threatens to fire employees if Obama wins
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1,000 years of darkness man.
Of course they don't. They have to be marginally intelligent or they wouldn't be in the position they're in. They know that at worst they're only going to be paying slightly more tax. But if they said 'GUYS IT WILL BE A NIGHTMARE ILL HAVE A 5% HIGHER TAX RATE' their ruse would be up, so they have to pretend that Obama's radical socialist policies will tear America apart.
cartoon_soldier
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When billionaires think they are the ones being prosecuted in America...yea wtf
Funky Papa
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Fuck, now I know why I remember this David Siegel motherfucker: The Wild Ride of the Wealthier 1 percent
THEY ARE HURTING, OK.
THEY ARE HURTING, OK.
It should be demolished for crimes against taste anyway.Fuck, now I remember why I remember this David Siegel motherfucker: The Wild Ride of the Wealthier 1 percent
THEY ARE HURTING, OK.
Monocle
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Shaking out my piggy bank to try and aid this poor soul.
I've just put my shoes on eBay. Something needs to be done about this heinous injustice.
They were only occasionally allowed to use their plane after they defaulted on the payments. Imagine that?!
Captain_Spanky
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That's horrifically childish. What the fuck is wrong with that man.
GrotesqueBeauty
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And if Romney wins magazine racks everywhere will know my fury. Cower in fear mall dwellers of America!
travisbickle
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No, it's ok they've managed to make that look like a nightmare!!
Oh my God! Won't somebody think of the poor billionaires!
Different states do have different protected classes. What's important to note is that some things are federal and some things are state.
In all 50 states, federal law makes it illegal to discriminate based on:
Race
Color
National origin
Religion
Sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions)
Disability
Age (40 and older)
Citizenship status
Genetic information
However, back in my homeish state of Tennessee, a hire at will state, state law also prohibits discrimination based on:
Race
Color
National origin
Religion
Sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions)
Disability: physical, mental, or visual
Age (40 and older)
Use of guide dog
So, some things are doubled up, but some things are shockingly missing. For example, sexual orientation, gender identification, speech made outside of work, political affiliation, etc.. Not that it matters, because since Tennessee is hire at will, so long as I find a creative reason to fire you, there's nothing you can do save applying for unemployment.
I gotta give it to 'em, that's so fucking ridiculous I wouldn't have thought they'd do it. But god damnit, if they just aren't the cutest.No, it's ok they've managed to make that look like a nightmare!!
Oh my God! Won't somebody think of the poor billionaires!
Out of interest, seeing this and thinking further: While Florida's obviously significant, I assume there's a lot of employees of this company who live in states which *aren't* in any way battlegrounds for this election; this email has basically threatened them to contribute to an outcome that they have *no* realistic power over.
Just highlighting another way that this email is *so* great for company morale, there.
That's something else. That really is something else.No, it's ok they've managed to make that look like a nightmare!!
Oh my God! Won't somebody think of the poor billionaires!
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Monocle
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They have a chart and everything. Look at how the right bar is so much huger and more biggerer than the left bar. I think the message we can take away from this is that making billionaires pay more taxes is like pushing a refrigerator on a baby. The left bar represents a baby billionaire and the right bar represents Obama cackling madly as he leans his weight into a great big icebox with the force of a linebacker.No, it's ok they've managed to make that look like a nightmare!!
Oh my God! Won't somebody think of the poor billionaires!
Lies, damn lies and Fox News bar charts.No, it's ok they've managed to make that look like a nightmare!!
Oh my God! Won't somebody think of the poor billionaires!
Air Zombie Meat
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Wow, that chart is hilarious. Possibly the best image to illustrate the twisting of statistics ever.
Funky Papa
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No, it's ok they've managed to make that look like a nightmare!!
Oh my God! Won't somebody think of the poor billionaires!
I think we need a "CSI zoom in" GIF. It's the only acceptable answer.
No, it's ok they've managed to make that look like a nightmare!!
Oh my God! Won't somebody think of the poor billionaires!
It's sad because people will fall for this.
Supply side works because of lovely guys like him.
It certainly makes for an interesting twist on the fuck me or you're fired thought experiment. I'd like to know what a libertarian thinks, to be honest.
While there are employees spread throughout the US, the vast majority are Florida-based.
ReBurn
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The thing I love about timeshare companies is that you can get free breakfast and cash money from them, and all you have to do is tour their little vacation resorts. When my kids were really little we were in Florida and we got free breakfast and 4 Disney tickets for sitting through a 1 hour presentation. Another time we were in the mountains and we did it, and they gave us $100 cash.
I wonder if they still do that?
I wonder if they still do that?
No, it's ok they've managed to make that look like a nightmare!!
Oh my God! Won't somebody think of the poor billionaires!
HA! Wow.
ReBurn
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There's like a foot high difference in the tax rate.
CornBurrito
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I don't know. Find a story of a union doing so and post a thread on it.
When unions do..... what exactly? Say they're going to coordinate with management to get a particular employee terminated if he doesn't vote with the rest of his/her union for a particular candidate/provision/bill? Then, yeah, that's insane.
If it's a union telling its member "hey, this candidate is more sympathetic to our cause so you should vote for them since they are less likely to legislate us into the ground" then that sounds more like a union tell its members what candidate is more likely to hurt them in office.
No, it's ok they've managed to make that look like a nightmare!!
Oh my God! Won't somebody think of the poor billionaires!
Amazing how a ~14-15% increase looks like a 400% increase.
Zoe
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Isn't that what he's doing here though? He's not asking each person who they're going to vote for. He's not even absolutely saying the company will downsize upon Obama's re-election:
That's kind of the nature of business when new policies go into effect.
Phoenix
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Which is way stupid of him. By filing as an individual, his employees will be able to sue him directly for all the money and he would have no protection of corporate status. Possibly the dumbest thing a dumb person could do.
I'll give you that.
However, when a billionaire says that his company will have to downsize if they get taxed more because they can't "afford" to keep employees, he's being disingenuous at best. It's no secret that unions pull some shit at times, but there's a difference between saying "Dude A will make it so we can negotiate your health care policy and salary" and "Dude B will get you fired 'cause I just won't be able to afford to keep you people" despite the fact that's a lie.
Rhomega Beta
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Sadly yes. Since he's not running for re-election in 2016, he's got nothing to lose, so he'll full out ban guns, shut down all conservative websites, pull down all conservative videos on YouTube, start killing off anyone who could oppose him (I hope you don't have a US Veteran license plate, or he'll coming after you first), and so on.
but yet the brainwashed masses think unions are bad things, we should be subservient to these morons.
American culture is so happy to get fucked in the ass by their employer, and any time they try to stick up for themselves the rest of us say "get to work lazy bastards". I'd hate to see where we would be if this generation was alive 100 years ago
American culture is so happy to get fucked in the ass by their employer, and any time they try to stick up for themselves the rest of us say "get to work lazy bastards". I'd hate to see where we would be if this generation was alive 100 years ago
OrangeYouGlad
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You mean a 4.6% increase, which makes it even more sad.
I really do feel bad for Americans. There's often a genuine interest in setting the country right with new ideas, but this kind of nonsensical, childish mentality of "Spin it! Make it look worse than it is!" really ruins the chances of anything happening without significant resistance.
There's always a huge push to get people to vote, but I think the push she be on people actually being informed on what's being decided.
arglebargle
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he means 4.6/35, which is ~13%. this is why people in finance have separate terms for these two concepts. we would refer to it as a 13% increase, or a 460 basis point increase.
OrangeYouGlad
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That would be lost on the type of people I imagine watch FOX news.
Fuck, now I remember why I remember this David Siegel motherfucker: The Wild Ride of the Wealthier 1 percent
THEY ARE HURTING, OK.
OMFG. hahaha. I almost feel sorry for the poor sheltered children. Then I remember they are going to inherit BILLIONS and I snap out of it.
speculawyer
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They clearly need to more tax cuts for god's sake! How dare they have to suffer the indignity of riding a plane with other people on it!
They sound like a real-life Arrested Development family.
SouthernDragon
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As a finance major that regularly interacts with people from other fields, this reads like gobbeldigook to most others.
They are crazy rich but I think they deserve an even shake. There is a great documentary called The Queen of Versailles people should check out. It paints them as human beings and just how 'crazy' was put into crazy rich.
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demosthenes
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Which is funny. He doesn't have to pay a state income tax like a lot of the rest of us!
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