Brilliant - perfectly put

[RIJIMMY]

I have tried for ages to express my views as clear as possible. This letter to employees is the best explanation of my political and life views. Please take a moment to read. I am very interested in how the Dems or libs react to what he says in the letter. The content, not whether you think he should have written it

CEO to Workers: I May Fire You if Obama Wins - Yahoo! Finance

[JohnnyD]

You beat me by half an hour. I would be mildly concerned about Obama's AG coming down on him for voter coercion.

Here's his email so people can avoid suffering through the BS editorialized article by MSNBC:

Subject: Message from David Siegel

Date:Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:58:05 -0400 (EDT)

From: [David Siegel]

To: [All employees]

To All My Valued Employees,

As most of you know our company, Westgate Resorts, has continued to succeed in spite of a very dismal economy. There is no question that the economy has changed for the worse and we have not seen any improvement over the past four years. In spite of all of the challenges we have faced, the good news is this: The economy doesn't currently pose a threat to your job. What does threaten your job however, is another 4 years of the same Presidential administration. Of course, as your employer, I can't tell you whom to vote for, and I certainly wouldn't interfere with your right to vote for whomever you choose. In fact, I encourage you to vote for whomever you think will serve your interests the best.

However, let me share a few facts that might help you decide what is in your best interest.The current administration and members of the press have perpetuated an environment that casts employers against employees. They want you to believe that we live in a class system where the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. They label us the "1%" and imply that we are somehow immune to the challenges that face our country. This could not be further from the truth. Sure, you may have heard about the big home that I'm building. I'm sure many people think that I live a privileged life. However, what you don't see or hear is the true story behind any success that I have achieved.

I started this company over 42 years ago. At that time, I lived in a very modest home. I converted my garage into an office so I could put forth 100% effort into building a company, which by the way, would eventually employ you. We didn't eat in fancy restaurants or take expensive vacations because every dollar I made went back into this company. I drove an old used car, and often times, I stayed home on weekends, while my friends went out drinking and partying. In fact, I was married to my business - hard work, discipline, and sacrifice. Meanwhile, many of my friends got regular jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a nice income, and they spent every dime they earned. They drove flashy cars and lived in expensive homes and wore fancy designer clothes. My friends refinanced their mortgages and lived a life of luxury. I, however, did not. I put my time, my money, and my life into this business --with a vision that eventually, some day, I too, will be able to afford to buy whatever I wanted. Even to this day, every dime I earn goes back into this company. Over the past four years I have had to stop building my dream house, cut back on all of my expenses, and take my kids out of private schools simply to keep this company strong and to keep you employed.

Just think about this - most of you arrive at work in the morning and leave that afternoon and the rest of your time is yours to do as you please. But not me- there is no "#^&#^&#^&#^& button for me. When you leave the office, you are done and you have a weekend all to yourself. I unfortunately do not have that freedom. I eat, live, and breathe this company every minute of the day, every day of the week. There is no rest. There is no weekend. There is no happy hour. I know many of you work hard and do a great job, but I'm the one who has to sign every check, pay every expense, and make sure that this company continues to succeed. Unfortunately, what most people see is the nice house and the lavish lifestyle. What the press certainly does not want you to see, is the true story of the hard work and sacrifices I've made.

Now, the economy is falling apart and people like me who made all the right decisions and invested in themselves are being forced to bail out all the people who didn't. The people that overspent their paychecks suddenly feel entitled to the same luxuries that I earned and sacrificed 42 years of my life for. Yes, business ownership has its benefits, but the price I've paid is steep and not without wounds. Unfortunately, the costs of running a business have gotten out of control, and let me tell you why: We are being taxed to death and the government thinks we don't pay enough. We pay state taxes, federal taxes, property taxes, sales and use taxes, payroll taxes, workers compensation taxes and unemployment taxes. I even have to hire an entire department to manage all these taxes. The question I have is this: Who is really stimulating the economy? Is it the Government that wants to take money from those who have earned it and give it to those who have not, or is it people like me who built a company out of his garage and directly employs over 7000 people and hosts over 3 million people per year with a great vacation?

Obviously, our present government believes that taking my money is the right economic stimulus for this country. The fact is, if I deducted 50 percent of your paycheck you'd quit and you wouldn't work here. I mean, why should you? Who wants to get rewarded only 50 percent of their hard work? Well, that's what happens to me.

Here is what most people don't understand and the press and our Government has chosen to ignore - to stimulate the economy you need to stimulate what runs the economy. Instead of raising my taxes and depositing that money into the Washington black-hole, let me spend it on growing the company, hire more employees, and generate substantial economic growth. My employees will enjoy the wealth of that tax cut in the form of promotions and better salaries. But that is not what our current Government wants you to believe. They want you to believe that it somehow makes sense to take more from those who create wealth and give it to those who do not, and somehow our economy will improve. They don't want you to know that the "1%", as they like to label us, pay more than 31% of all the taxes in this country. Thomas Jefferson, the author of our great Constitution, once said, "democracy" will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

Business is at the heart of America and always has been. To restart it, you must stimulate business, not kill it. However, the power brokers in Washington believe redistributing wealth is the essential driver of the American economic engine. Nothing could be further from the truth and this is the type of change they want.

So where am I going with all this? It's quite simple. If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, as our current President plans, I will have no choice but to reduce the size of this company. Rather than grow this company I will be forced to cut back. This means fewer jobs, less benefits and certainly less opportunity for everyone.

So, when you make your decision to vote, ask yourself, which candidate understands the economics of business ownership and who doesn't? Whose policies will endanger your job? Answer those questions and you should know who might be the one capable of protecting and saving your job. While the media wants to tell you to believe the "1 percenters" are bad, I'm telling you they are not. They create most of the jobs. If you lose your job, it won't be at the hands of the "1%"; it will be at the hands of a political hurricane that swept through this country.

You see, I can no longer support a system that penalizes the productive and gives to the unproductive. My motivation to work and to provide jobs will be destroyed, and with it, so will your opportunities. If that happens, you can find me in the Caribbean sitting on the beach, under a palm tree, retired, and with no employees to worry about.

Signed, your boss,

David Siegel

[RIJIMMY]

thanks Johnny, i wasnt able to paste.
I read a few times and cannot agree more. I've said here a dozen times that wealthy people dont take vacations, never punch out. The days of blue blood easy money do not exist. Wealthy people bust their buts and got there by sacrifice and hard work

[buckman]

Sounds like what unions do all the time
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[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

thanks Johnny, i wasnt able to paste.
I read a few times and cannot agree more. I've said here a dozen times that wealthy people dont take vacations, never punch out. The days of blue blood easy money do not exist. Wealthy people bust their buts and got there by sacrifice and hard work

While the CEO of my company does indeed go on vacations, he gets business calls every single day.

I agree with 95% of what you're saying. Many, many wealthy people gotthat way through risk, brains, and sweat. Of course, there are trust-fund babies out there that just inherited their wealth.

However one acquires wealth (through luck or toil), it's their wealth. Not 'ours', but 'theirs'. Liberals have turned 'rich' into an ugly 4-letter word, and it's insane. One person's wealth does not cause another person's poverty (unles syou are talking about criminals).

And here's what realy makes this tax warfare stupid...do some math, look at the numbers. Tax hikes on the wealthy will not begin to put a dent in our debt problems, it's not even worth talking about.

I've heard Obama say that tax hikes on the wealthy could generate $90 billion more a year. Whoop-dee-doo. Our deficit this year will be more than $1 trillion, on top of our current debt of $16 trillion. And that doesn't include another $40 trillion we need for SS and Medicare.

Obama's record is awful. Who is he going to blame? Sure as hell he isn't going to take any responsibility, so he finds a convenient whipping boy that all the kool-aid drinkers can hate - rich business people. Preferably ones that happen to be white males, wearing Brooks Brothers suits. The fiends!

Yes the rich usually get richer. But don't blame them for that, blame second-grade math. Rich people have more disposabe income to invest, so of course the gap widens. What are we supposed to do, pass a law that says once you are worth $10 million, you have to leave all of your money in your mattress?

I cannot believe we are even having this conversation. The whole liberal agenda here is insane, dispicable, and demonstrably false.

Great post.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by buckman

Sounds like what unions do all the time
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Yes, but when unions do it, it is furthering a noble cause for the little guy. When a white, male CEO does it, he is a money-grubbing, racist, plutocrat.

[FishermanTim]

Simply put, "It takes money to make money".
It was a well written explanation.
Anyone with ANY business sense (or even common sense) will probably agree, which explains why no one currenltly in political power does!!!

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

I cannot believe we are even having this conversation. The whole liberal agenda here is insane, dispicable, and demonstrably false.

Great post.

It is insane, the current inmates are running the asylum.

Time for the adults to take over.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by justplugit

It is insane, the current inmates are running the asylum.

Time for the adults to take over.

Yep. Obama's big plan is $90 billion a year in tax hikes. Even if we assume our budget was balanced (which it's not), and that every cent of that $90 billion would go towards paying down the debt (which it would not), and that we don't have to pay any interest on that $16 trillion (which we do), it would take 178 years to pay down $16 trillion in annual installments of $90 billion.

16 trillion / 90 billion = 178 years.

178 years. That's exactly 75% as long as our country has existed. And that doesn't take into account teh looming tsunami from SS and Medicare.

All Obama talks about is taxing the rich. Talk about 'painting the deck chairs on the Titanic'.

The guy doesn't get it, he just doesn't get it. I heaqrd Obama say on TV the other day that he doesn't think his debate performance had anything to do with the shift in polls. In his mind, I guess 'racism' is causing the shift in the polls. He's a pure megalomaniac.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Yep.

The guy doesn't get it, he just doesn't get it. .

Jim, he get's it, but it's not part of his distribute the wealth agenda.

[Scuttlebutt]

Great post...thanks! Already passing it on!