CEO To Workers: No To Obama

[Purveyor]

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- The president and CEO of Lacks Enterprises is warning his company's 2,300 employees their paychecks will be smaller if President Barack Obama is re-elected.

Richard Lacks urged his employees to “vote to improve your standard of living” in a letter notifying them of their sixth bonus in almost three years thanks to the good times his automotive parts company has enjoyed.

But Lacks was not about to give Obama any credit for the auto industry’s recovery. He told his employees the Affordable Care Act, which he called Obama Care, will raise his company’s health insurance costs by 2 percent a year.

“As employees, you will receive no additional direct benefit other than you will have to pay for it,” said Lacks in a letter he sent to hourly employees last Friday.

“The talk of additional tax increases by the administration, if re-elected, will have an additional negative impact on the organization,” he wrote. “ It is always important to remember the more government takes the less there will be available to spread around to the working people of this company.

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http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2012/10/lacks_enterprises_ceo_has_sugg.html

[liberal N proud]

1. Oh the Tyranny

Romney will bully his way into office and if necessary, use an army of bullies to achieve his ultimate goal.

[Cosmocat]

2. Automotive parts company?

his very business exists because the President did what was politically unfavorable at the time ...

[barbtries]

3. the greed of these people.

it's like i don't belong on this planet. sigh.

[meow2u3]

4. What this CEO is doing is a Federal crime

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/610
18 USC § 610 - Coercion of political activity
It shall be unlawful for any person to intimidate, threaten, command, or coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, command, or coerce, any employee of the Federal Government as defined in section 7322 (1) of title 5, United States Code, to engage in, or not to engage in, any political activity, including, but not limited to, voting or refusing to vote for any candidate or measure in any election, making or refusing to make any political contribution, or working or refusing to work on behalf of any candidate. Any person who violates this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This law applies only to Federal employees.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/594
18 USC § 594 - Intimidation of voters
Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, at any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing such candidate, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597
18 USC § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting

Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate; and
Whoever solicits, accepts, or receives any such expenditure in consideration of his vote or the withholding of his vote—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

[sakabatou]

5. +1

I hope he gets sued.

[RiffRandell]

6. Go fuck yourself you greedy, lying asshole. n/t

[lillypaddle]

7. What an asshole! nt

[Floyd_Gondolli]

8. If those people are like most

They'll vote for Obama if only to say fuck you to the boss.