[Rhodes22-list] A Note From Our CEO

[Herb Parsons]

You don't think his promise to raise taxes on the top 5% of income 
earners qualifies as doing something? Do you really think business 
owners wait until the hammer falls before they start planning and acting?

I don't agree with the actions of the person posting. I think it was 
probably done tongue in cheek; however, the howls of "foul" are a little 
over-reaction.

Sounds to me a like a businessman is saying "You voted for this mess, I 
have to react to it, so you'll be the first to suffer."

It makes as much sense as the "village idiot" crap I see coming from the 
other side.


Benjamin Cittadino wrote:
> Brad;
>
> I actually held out the hope that we would agree about this post (fool that
> I am). I would have thought that someone with your strong political opinions
> coupled with your knowledge of the requirement of conformity in political
> thought in order to have a decent job in China, would find it offensive
> (indeed, un-American) for an employer to fire individuals based upon the
> person they voted for. These are not political patronage jobs, they are
> private sector jobs lost because the people involved chose to excercise
> their First Amendment rights.  
>
> Come on Brad, I believe you think this was a dirty, rotten thing to do, and
> your response smacks more of your knee-jerk reaction to say "Black" when I
> say "White" than any true agreement with the poster.  
>
> If people could fairly be fired from a private sector job because of their
> political affiliation, you would have been out of work years ago. Please
> don't encourage the perpetrator of this kind of
> vindictive, mean-spirited, un-democratic, nonsense. Obama hasn't done
> anything yet, but prospectively appoint some of the best minds in the
> country to work on this crisis.  There is no economic reason to fire ANYBODY
> based upon Obama's actions to date. 
>
>
> best to you;
>
> Ben C. 
>
> Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
>   
>> Ben,
>>
>> "...it doesn't really matter what's wrong with you."
>>
>> It really doesn't matter if Bill (or anyone else) has 14 employees,
>> 140, or 140,000. Businesses operate to make a profit and without
>> profit, they benefit no one in the long run.  I know that's a
>> difficult concept for some to grasp but true none-the-less.
>>
>> "...poor wretches who happen to be in your employ."
>>
>> Poor in what sense?  Are they locked inside the factory like the
>> workers at the Triangle Waistshirt Factory fire of 1911?  This is 2008
>> Ben, "poor wretches" are free to leave and find more enlightened
>> employers, say the Federal Government.  Now that the economy has
>> slowed down and there's an exodus for the southern border, lots of
>> jobs are available in the landscaping and roofing trades - lots of
>> fresh air, good exercise, and free job skill training for those who
>> were slackers in school.
>>
>> As for Thanksgiving, I'm thankful that our incoming President has
>> discovered reality and decided to stick with the previous President's
>> policies, ie, capitalize on the success in Iraq, leave the tax policy
>> alone for awhile, let the "GITMO Sensitivity Training Center" remain
>> in place, etc.  I'm starting to empathize with our new "Dear Leader"
>> and his "struggle sessions" with former friends.  He's not the man I
>> thought I knew.
>>
>> As for Christmas, I hope Santa brings me an attorney who can kick the
>> shit out of the one working for the miserable bastard suing me beyond
>> our policy limits for an accident that our truck didn't cause (or a
>> good private eye that catches him on tape with the hooker I'm thinking
>> about hiring).
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Benjamin Cittadino
>> <bigben65 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> Bill;
>>>
>>> So my first reaction was that your post was just a really sick attempt at
>>> humor.
>>>
>>> Then, I thought maybe you were just bragging about what a powerful
>>> big-shot
>>> business man you think you are, 140 employees and all, looking for a
>>> back-door way to puff up an inadequate ego at the expense of the poor
>>> wretches who happen to be in your employ.
>>>
>>> Then, I thought, "the poor man has simply stuffed himself so full of
>>> mashed
>>> potatos and gravy, that he has suffered a stroke and has no idea what he
>>> is
>>> saynig."
>>>
>>> Finally I realized, it doesn't really matter what's wrong with you.
>>>
>>> Happy Thanksgiving, and may the Peace and Joy of the Christmas Season
>>> find
>>> it's way into your miserable existence.
>>>
>>> Ben C.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill Effros wrote:
>>>       
>>>> As the CEO of this business that employs 140 people, I have resigned
>>>> myself to the fact that Barack Obama is now our next President, and
>>>> that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way.
>>>>
>>>> To compensate for these increases, I figure that the Clients will have
>>>> to see an increase in our fees to them of about 8% but since we cannot
>>>> increase our fees right now due to the dismal state of our economy, we
>>>> will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been
>>>> eating at me for a while, as we believe we are family here and I didn't
>>>> know how to choose who will have to go.
>>>>
>>>> So, this is what I did. I strolled through our parking lot and found 8
>>>> Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these
>>>> folks will be the first to be laid off. I can't think of a more fair way
>>>> to approach this problem. These folks wanted change; I gave it to them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you have a better idea, let me know.
>>>>
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