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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWillard Leaks Again: Scare Your Employees...
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/10/17/1037881/leaked-audio-romney-employers/?mobile=ncNewly-discovered audio from a conference call in June captures Mitt Romney asking business owners to urge their employees to vote for him.
Romney, speaking on a call to the very conservative National Federation of Independent Business, tells a group of business owners that they should make it very clear how they feel about the candidates. The audio, discovered by In These Times, also captures Romney telling the business owners to pass along to your employees how their jobs might be effected by who wins in November:
"I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and therefore their job and their future in the upcoming elections. And whether you agree with me or you agree with President Obama, or whatever your political view, I hope I hope you pass those along to your employees. Nothing illegal about you talking to your employees about what you believe is best for the business, because I think that will figure into their election decision, their voting decision and of course doing that with your family and your kids as well."
There have already been some reports of employers suggesting how their employees should cast their ballots. A CEO of a Florida resort company threatened to fire his employees if Obama won. The CEO of a timeshare company did the same. And the famous right-wing Koch brothers warned of consequences of not voting for Romney.
Romney, speaking on a call to the very conservative National Federation of Independent Business, tells a group of business owners that they should make it very clear how they feel about the candidates. The audio, discovered by In These Times, also captures Romney telling the business owners to pass along to your employees how their jobs might be effected by who wins in November:
"I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and therefore their job and their future in the upcoming elections. And whether you agree with me or you agree with President Obama, or whatever your political view, I hope I hope you pass those along to your employees. Nothing illegal about you talking to your employees about what you believe is best for the business, because I think that will figure into their election decision, their voting decision and of course doing that with your family and your kids as well."
There have already been some reports of employers suggesting how their employees should cast their ballots. A CEO of a Florida resort company threatened to fire his employees if Obama won. The CEO of a timeshare company did the same. And the famous right-wing Koch brothers warned of consequences of not voting for Romney.
Here's the full audio:
Here's hoping all those fearmongers have their worst nightmares realized: President Obama re-elected...
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Willard Leaks Again: Scare Your Employees... (Original Post)
KharmaTrain
Oct 2012
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1. This needs to be on the news so that people know their bosses are lying about layoffs if...
... obama wins.
patrice
(47,992 posts)2. I think this is particularly hateful because of the way that it makes employment contingent upon
issues that do not have anything to do with the work of those who are employed; that'd be things such as DOMA & Roe v. Wade & war & religion affect whether you have a job or not, NOT your work performance, so the REAL Value that you personally and uniquely add to an enterprise can be stolen for issues that have nothing to do with the success of that enterprise at all.