Las Vegas Business Owner Fires 22 'Mostly Hispanic' Employees Over Obama Win

[meegbear]

Source: Crooksandliars.com

A business owner in Las Vegas on Wednesday told a CBS radio station that he had fired 22 of his 114 "mostly Hispanic" employees because President Barack Obama had won re-election.

"I've done my share of educating my employees," business owner "David," who refused to use his real name on air, told KSNT radio host Kevin Wall. "I never tell them which way to vote. I believe in the free system that we have. I believe in everybody having their right to choose who they want to be president."

"And I explained that I always put them first and, unfortunately, I'm at a point now -- and am being forced to -- that I have to worry about me and my family now," he continued. "I explained to them a month ago, if Obama gets in office, the regulations for Obamacare are going to hurt our business, and I am going to have to make provision to make sure that I have enough money to cover payroll taxes, the additional health care I'm going to have to do. And I explained that to them, and I said, 'You do what you feel you need to do, but I'm just letting you know this as a warning that this is things I have to think of as a business owner.'"

David noted that he had "mostly Hispanic" employees and some had come to work wearing Obama shirts on election day. "I have to build up that nest egg now for the taxes and regulations that are coming my way," he explained. "Elections do have consequences, but so do choices."

Read more: http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/las-vegas-business-owner-fires-22-mostly-his

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"I don't need the labor force coming down saying I laid people off because they are Hispanic, I don't need the headache. We are in a right-to-work state, but I did inform people that I would possibly had to be making layoffs. I did make the notification 30 days ago. I followed the laws."

You can hear the exchange by clicking the link to the article.

[wtmusic]

1. BS.

[COLGATE4]

28. Absolutely! This is one of the apocryphal stories

that will rapidly become urban legend (after being debunked by Snopes). Pure unadulterated bullshit.;

[wtmusic]

32. Baggers lie with all the skill of a 10-year-old with a hand in the cookie jar. nt

[Plucketeer]

52. "And I explained that I always put them first.....

...until it comes to me." What a load of shit. Here's hoping his whole business flops like the Hindenburg. Gas-filled turkey!

[Cha]

76. Reminds me of what Clinton said about romney..

"when I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar ..I blushed and put it back.. romney just keeps digging for more cookies"

[caseymoz]

51. More than likely is.

First, he couldn't have just canceled his medical?

But I bet some dickwad does this. Thing is, they were so Romney was going to win, nobody is going to be prepared to cut jobs like this for another month, at least.

[loudsue]

2. I hope this comes back on his business in a really bad way.

What a douche bag.

[Blue_Tires]

8. Don't worry, there isn't one word of truth in that masturbatory fantasy

Of course this story will go from here to Neptune in the news cycle before being exposed as bullshit

[Historic NY]

3. Thats an easy one to find out...unless he hires illegals.

[busterbrown]

13. Like illegals go around wearing Obama T shirts. White People in L.A. were frightened to put

Obama stickers on their cars because of the violent right wing ass holes! And thats L.A..
He is a fucking Liar.

[Bluenorthwest]

40. Again with the race stuff. All the hundreds of white people I know in LA were not

afraid to put on their car Obama or anything else they please. Many go about with far more radical crap on the bumper than Obama. This fear you speak of must be only among those with pre-existing cowardice. I know plenty of people of all races in LA who freely express liberal views.
And no person is to be called 'an illegal'. So stop doing that, ok?

[unc70]

46. Maybe not in LA, but certainly in other places

In parts of NC, a few cars were keyed etc. apparently for Obama stickers. Not a big problem, but it happened. Sort of like the problems on campus Tuesday night at U of MS

[oberle]

71. certainly in Ohio

Somebody kicked in my car door pretty badly, probably because I had "Another old white woman for Obama" sticker on my car.

[Cha]

78. Welcome to DU, oberle

Sorry, your car door got kicked out of teabagger rage!

[busterbrown]

61. First off I had an Obama 44 on my car. Secondly, you are living in a dream world if you think that

right wing nut jobs are not capable of doing a lot of physical damage. I have friends who
had a lot of damage done to their yards because of Obama-Biden signs! And Cars!
Thanks for the heads up on how I'm suppose to express myself. But don't start lecturing anyone
who you don't know. O.K....???????

Perhaps, just perhaps I was trying to emphasize a point, which obviously you didn't get....

[LanternWaste]

72. I imagine that's because, as racism still exists, reactions to racism also still exists.

"Again with the race stuff..."
I imagine that's because, as racism still exists, reactions to racism also still exists.

"This fear you speak of must be only among those with pre-existing cowardice..."
Let's not conflate 'fear' and 'concern' as they are two wholly separate concepts. Acting in a prudent manner is not the same as acting out of fear-- I hear that in the gungeon rather often.

"And no person is to be called 'an illegal'..."
I call every speeder I see on the highway 'an illegal', because by definition, they are.

[myrna minx]

44. There is no such thing as an illegal human being. There may be undocumented workers, but not

illegal people.

Everyone I know if LA sported their Obama stickers/magnets proudly.

[ReRe]

60. That's right...

...God don't make junk.

[Codeine]

73. WTF? Southern California was covered with cars sporting Obama stickers.

I broke my own "no bumper sticker" rule to rock one out here, as did my fiancee. Our cars were fine.

[Journeyman]

4. Just some idiot with a made-up "told you so" story. . .

[LoisB]

11. That's what I think too. Either that or his business is not doing so well. No businessperson

gets rid of workers he/she needs because of an election. If he's that stupid, I'm surprised he's in business.

[AardvarkAsparagus]

63. And he plans to replace them with…

he just needs to be honest and say that business is already bad and doesn’t need the workers

[2Design]

5. he will be in court and this will not survive n/t

[onenote]

30. I doubt its true but if it is, what would be the basis for a lawsuit?

[Ohio Joe]

68. Wrongful termination?

Maybe... I'm not sure what the laws are there or what reason he gave the people for their being fired.

[busterbrown]

6. I highly doubt it.

Just what Hispanic Laborers do. Wear Obama T Shirts to work at a place where they know they
are working for a racists who hates Obama. Give me a fucking break, you lying piece of shit!

[jtuck004]

7. I wonder what he would do if the rest just sat down, refused to move?

Because I think they could impact his income a lot more...

[liberal N proud]

9. I don't like to wish anyone ill - but I hope this idiots business fails

And of course the moron will blame Obama.

[patrice]

10. Really? Sounds like maybe Republican business persons aren't the good business people they

claim to be, maybe Sheldon Adelson owns him and he's over a financial barrel, looking for an excuse to cash out.

Who knows???

[James48]

12. Names?

No company name.

No identifying data.


I call bunk.

[savalez]

14. Mala"R"key n/t

[DallasNE]

15. Business Owner Is Low Information Voter

His "reasoning" was straight out of Fox News misinformation. I think it is past time that the FCC take a look at Fox's broadcast license -- obviously cable is unregulated, but not the network stations. That is, unless FCC regulations have been gutted.

Somehow I think this "David" person is not a real person as no businessman could be this stupid and stay in business.

[magical thyme]

16. totally made up story. don't believe it for a minute. nt

[Kingofalldems]

17. Business is run out of Mom's basement

[solara]

18. This is shameful

If true, this guys needs to find himself in a world of hurt.. from labor, from Hispanics, from other businesses and his name should be mentioned more than once in this article and in any article about this situation.

damn I hate this. True or not, this kind of crap is so destructive.

[lovuian]

19. The Worker will rise up

they will be just fine without his job because it sounds like he is going out of business from poor managing skills

[NICO9000]

20. Doesn't pass the smell test

[Dubster]

21. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

[Botany]

22. pure b.s. right wing talking points

I will have to lay off people because of President __________'s big government
programs, regulations, and taxes.

This guy no more owns a business then I am a NFL quarterback ..... look in
a mom's basement and you will find him.

I get this same story from a good friend who is a right wing doctor ..... I was
going to hire _______ but Obama's high taxes are keeping me from doing so.

[displacedtexan]

59. My favorite comeback to people like that...

Oh, I thought your business was really successful! Sorry you're having financial troubles. Have you considered one of those business seminar DVDs, like the ones on late night infomercials? Maybe you can learn how to be more successful. Good luck with your struggle. I'll get my prayer circle to pray for you and your family.

Tee hee.

[SansACause]

23. 2014?

I think this is bullshit, but even if it's not, this guy is a moron. The provisions requiring the employer to provide access to health care don't start until 2014, and even then they are offset by tax credits. He's either a liar or a moron.

[defacto7]

24. It's either just made up crap

or this is a business man who is too stupid to know he will lose everything from the suits that follow. He would not be protecting his family, he would be committing suicide and taking them and his business with him.

[argiel1234]

25. This teabagger owns a business in much the same way

that the Pope is an atheist

dear "business owner" :

go wipe the cheeto stains off of your fingers and do as you mom told you and clean your room

[Kolesar]

39. "Phoned into a radio show" -- sounds like malarky for sure ... eom

[shanti]

26. hmmm

so was it just the hispanic employees wearing obama shirts that got canned?

my sis works at a commercial insurance agency owned by right wingers here in cali. she is pretty much the only person in her office who is a dem. she told me that when she came in on wednesday, someone handed the big boss a copy of the WSJ with the big obama win headline and he angrily threw it to the floor. she said it was very very quiet in the office yesterday. she keeps a low political profile because she wants to keep her job!

[asm128]

27. People do not understand what "right to work" means

It doesn't necessarily mean that you can just hire and fire without cause. It has to do with union membership.

Some links:

http://phoenix.about.com/cs/empl/a/righttowork.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-work_law

[d_b]

29. cool story, dave

[shawn703]

31. That's like forcing yourself to take a paycut because you don't want to be in a higher tax bracket

Yes, you're denying the government more money - but you're denying yourself more money by taking that action than the government would ever want from you.

This is why Republicans should never have any say on budgets. They fail at math.

[Baitball Blogger]

33. The only way those hispanic workers can get legal recourse is if the business

accepts Federal contracts.

[YBR31]

34. People need to contact Las Vegas media about it

If the story gets enough coverage, maybe people will figure out who these fired workers are and could help them find work.

[Dash87]

82. It won't happen b/c

This story is total bullcrap. It's typical rw scare crap that was made up by some hack.

[docgee]

35. So this guy just had an extra 22 people on his payroll?

Why because he's such a nice guy? or because he's just a shitty business man?

Doubt this story is true at all...

[BeeBee]

36. I work at a business where we have a "club." People get shipments several times per year.

We have had 2 customers so far cancel their club memberships because of the election. They both said it was because they wouldn't be able to afford it anymore.

This is what we're up against. Complete and utter idiots.

[SaveAmerica]

37. Karma, hate to be around this fool in the future

[Lebam in LA]

38. My RW sisters company

just put a for sale sign on their business and she blames President Obama. Nevermind that the company sold cheap crap from China and their customer base has disappeared. It is never the business models fault. Must be Obama

[Bluenorthwest]

41. Chump Fiction

Crafted to order by and for the Chump-American community.

[adieu]

42. 22 out of 114 employees is a significant number

People don't hire 114 people because they have excess cash that needs spending on human resources. So if you fire 22 of them, good luck being able to service your customers. He's going to be hurt pretty badly in revenue and may have to quickly rehire those people (since it might take time to train new hires). But then, if they were fired out of spite, I can imagine these re-hires to consider going to EEOC or the like to sue for wrongful termination.

Either way, if this is anywhere true, he's going to be in hot water.

[McCamy Taylor]

43. The use of the word "Hispanic" has made this discrimination.

He is going to get sued now.

[alp227]

45. KXNT not KSNT.

[cstanleytech]

47. Why do I get the feeling that most if not all of the ones who showed up wearing pro Obama shirts

were among those who were probably fired?

[coalition_unwilling]

48. Sigh! This is such transparent bullshit. I'm surprised so many sane

DUers are even taking the bait. It's kind of like all those stories of Vietnam Vets being spat upon when they returned to the U.S. - has that same kind of flavor to it.

[MessiahRp]

49. Absolutely disgusting. Has anyone figured out what company this is?

It seems as if some serious negative press is in order.

[Orangepeel]

55. A. Rand Fantasy, Inc.

Located on the corner of Malarky Ave. and Nonsense Rd.

[meow2u3]

57. Located on Bullshit Mountain

[aggiesal]

50. Does anyone know ...

what are "the regulations for Obamacare are going to hurt our business"?

I know that we have no idea what business he is in, but are there
regulations in general within Obamacare that will hurt businesses?

I was under the impression that Obamacare would help businesses.

[Mike Daniels]

53. Coming soon...Papa Johns dick-weasel announces his 11 cent per pizza increase

or whatever he said it would be.

Unless he actually puts a flier in each pizza box proclaiming that "this pizza cost you x cents more because of Obama" would anyone even notice the cost difference?

[George II]

54. Quite the republican scumbag, huh?

[Egnever]

56. I heard this call

The hate radio jock ran with it for the last half of his show as evidence of how the economy was going to collapse. Of course no one ever questioned why this guy has a "mostly hispanic" workforce to begin with. My guess is he doesn't want to pay a decent wage to begin with.

[DiverDave]

58. THIS IS A LIE!

Why wait?
Hasnt the financial burden been known for a while?
Why wouldnt he fire the people when he found out?
Or wait until 2014 when the insurance mandates go into effect?
Because it isn't true, just some basement dweller making a name for themselves.
We will find out who did it.
The scumbags cant help but gloat about getting the radio and making alot of
people uptight about this story.
He wont be able to keep his mouth shut and will be found out.
Just give it some time, he will gloat to the wrong person.

[1StrongBlackMan]

62. Wow ...

"I've done my share of educating my employees," business owner "David," who refused to use his real name on air, told KSNT radio host Kevin Wall. "I never tell them which way to vote. I believe in the free system that we have. I believe in everybody having their right to choose who they want to be president."

"I just believe I can fire them if the exercise their 'David' given right to choose who they want to be president."

he had fired 22 of his 114 "mostly Hispanic" employees because ... if Obama gets in office, the regulations for Obamacare are going to hurt our business ...

Uhmm ... dude, ObamaCare still applies to your car-wash/fast food franchise/lawn care business.

Finally, the rest of his work force should immediately seek other employment because if this jerk is making business decision based on political ideology ... he won't be in business much longer.

[BobbyBoring]

64. Total Bull Shit

Let's see if I have this straight. You have employees that work and make far more for the company than they do for themselves. Soooooooooo, you get rid of part of your income to save money for the future?

These people are so fucking dumb!

[neoconn]

65. This is happening at a lot of locations

I spoke with a friend who had applied for a job in Las Vegas, He was told Wednesday that the job offer was rescinded. My buddy stated he strongly believes it was due to Obama being re-elected (and the asshole employer attitude tipped him off)

This should be illegal....

[no_hypocrisy]

66. Dick

[JRLeft]

67. It is time to pass a law, incriminating these assholes.

[Sheldon Cooper]

69. Yeah. Sure. Let's go with that.

If he made the proper notifications 30 days in advance, then he was going to downsize anyway.

[LanternWaste]

70. he holds others to higher standards than he holds himself.

"business owner "David," who refused to use his real name on air..." . "Elections do have consequences, but so do choices."


Odd that-- he's afraid of the consequences of his own choice while holding others to the percieved consequences of theirs. From where I stand, that alone illustrates he holds others to higher standards than he holds himself.

[Third Doctor]

74. If this is true I smell class action suit in the wind.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

75. If I lived there I'd

get my Union to organize his workers. So he knows I guess, that they can probably draw unemployment? How did this make anything any better? Assuming it's true of course...

[Cha]

77. Poor whiny pos. I hope those he fired will find Better Jobs. Nevada Is BLUE

Suck it up, bitter man.

[mrf901]

79. numerous Obama-friendly companies have announced layoffs

I don't see this guy
as all that different

[DiverDave]

80. Really?, Mind sharing their names?

I'll wait...

[Ash_F]

81. I call BS. These aren't the type of people who keep employees on staff at a loss in the first place.

These are not the type to keep on people they don't need if it is cutting into their bottom line. If they need them, they keep them because they make them money. If not, they let them go.

He is lying. He probably doesn't even have a business.

[jmowreader]

83. The term is "at-will employment," asshole

I think you guys are right, though: this is some teabag agitator who doesn't own a business.

[Zoeisright]

84. ACLU?

And that jackass needs to have his ass in jail.