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Businessman's Sign: No Hiring Until Obama Gone
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/obama-economy-hiring-sign/2011/11/24/id/419057 ^ | 11/24/2011 | Newsmax

Posted on 11/24/2011 5:08:43 AM PST by Morgana

A west Georgia business owner’s sign that he is not hiring until President Obama leaves office is going viral, according to a local Georgia television station.

"New Company Policy: We are not hiring until Obama is gone," read the company’s signs on the side of its trucks, according to the station, 11Alive.

"Can't afford it," explained the employer, Bill Looman. "I've got people that I want to hire now, but I just can't afford it. And I don't foresee that I'll be able to afford it unless some things change in D.C."

Looman's company is U.S. Cranes, LLC. He said he put up the signs, and first posted pictures of the signs on his personal Facebook page, six months ago, and he said he received mostly positive reaction from people, "about 20-to-one positive," the station reported.

Read more on Newsmax.com: Businessman's Sign: No Hiring Until Obama Gone Important: Do You Support Pres. Obama's Re-Election? Vote Here Now!

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: kingofthedeficit; notaxes4dnc; notaxes4ge; notaxes4rangel
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1 posted on 11/24/2011 5:08:46 AM PST by Morgana
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To: Morgana

This sign is public. Millions more are private and unseen.

This is the battle of politics: the seen v. the unseen.

Read: Not Yours to Give by Crockett


2 posted on 11/24/2011 5:15:48 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Morgana

WooHoo!

3 posted on 11/24/2011 5:16:50 AM PST by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: Morgana

This is news?

Capital has been on strike for 18 months now.

Obama is one and done.


4 posted on 11/24/2011 5:18:10 AM PST by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President.)
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To: Morgana

Bad move on his part. The IRS and the NLRB will be descending upon him like the wrath of God in the near future.


5 posted on 11/24/2011 5:21:35 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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To: Morgana
I know of a fellow in Virginia that was upset about the direction Obama, if elected, would take the economy and his rather large business. In 2008, he walked thru his parking lot and wrote down all the cars that had pro-Zero bumper stickers on them. Two years later, as Bam’s policies forced lay-offs, the first ones fired were the owners of those cars. Karma is heck!
6 posted on 11/24/2011 5:22:37 AM PST by ArtDodger (Reread Animal Farm (with your kids))
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To: Scotsman will be Free

Agreed. Like Joe the Plumber the weight of the liberal elite’s bureaucracy will fall on this poor guy.

So much for free speech.


7 posted on 11/24/2011 5:23:35 AM PST by kjo
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To: Morgana

My company has the same policy though we don’t want attention about it.
Usually we hire seasonal employees to work in a manufacture process, this last two years instead we kept a minimum skeleton crew. Just a couple of drivers and a yard crew who were not the brightest bulbs around.

For those work was better than average with plenty of overtime, actually this was my best year since 2004. I had to work a bit harder to take up the slack and there was a lot of multi tasking, we kept a couple of guys for a brief time but as soon as they were told they had to actually do manual labor instead of making just deliveries they quit.

So my advice is this, hire people that have diverse skills, and avoid the ones that have all these specialized degrees in one narrow field, they won’t adapt to lesser work and will just leave you hanging. If anything they will just slack off and pretend to be busy and will adversely affect those with better work skills.


8 posted on 11/24/2011 5:26:39 AM PST by Eye of Unk (E-Cat is the future, unless we want to live in the past.)
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To: Morgana

No news here. After more than six months unemployed I am still a contractor after nine months at my current job. At less than half of what I was making three years ago. I hate it but I can’t say I blame my employer.


9 posted on 11/24/2011 5:29:56 AM PST by doodad
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To: Scotsman will be Free

Bad move on his part. The IRS and the NLRB will be descending upon him like the wrath of God in the near future.


As long as he doesn’t discriminate in his not hiring they can’t do Jack. Now if he suddenly hires a bunch of “Colorless Americans” he might be investigated.


10 posted on 11/24/2011 5:30:53 AM PST by The Working Man (The mantra for BO's reign...."No Child Left a Dime")
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To: Brandonmark

The dirty little secret is in the open now.


11 posted on 11/24/2011 5:33:39 AM PST by dools0007world
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To: The Working Man

I think he is courageous to actually say it too. But remember when Obama was so mad about businesses not hiring? He must have heard some rumbles about that they won’t be hiring until Obama changes policy or leaves office.


12 posted on 11/24/2011 5:35:09 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Scotsman will be Free

Doesn’t matter if there is noting to be found. Anyway, they won’t touch this guy because he will let everyone know he’s being IRSed.


13 posted on 11/24/2011 5:35:20 AM PST by dools0007world
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To: Morgana

Pretty much EVERYTHING in this country is at a standstill until BO is gone.

Everything except whining and protesting by libs.
THAT is at an all time HIGH.


14 posted on 11/24/2011 5:37:51 AM PST by a real Sheila (golden retrievers rule!)
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To: Morgana

He’s not hiring as well as 1000s of other business owners as well until Lady Obama is gone nor are people investing in the stock market. Great time to buy if you are willing to risk Lady Obama not winning a second term.


15 posted on 11/24/2011 5:38:34 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Nancy Pelosi - The #1 reason why we need a Constitutional amendment for Congressional drug testing.)
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To: Morgana

I work for a wholesale company in South Florida.
In 2007 we had (4)-26ft. delivery trucks and (20) full-time employees.
We are down to (2) delivery trucks and (11) full-time employees.
My boss told me the week that Obama was elected that he was imposing a hiring freeze. He has had to scale back our health insurance to bare-bones coverage. Last week he told me that if Obama is re-elected he will have to lay off (3) more employees in order to keep the doors open.
All of us that are grateful that we have jobs, let alone one with a company-assisted health coverage.
We simply cannot afford another four years of Obama.


16 posted on 11/24/2011 5:39:28 AM PST by Riptides
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To: Morgana

The law of diminishing returns comes into play here.

Employers who had to lay off people found that the job could get done by less people with more profit.

When the economy is good and things are rolling along fine a business does not mind the diminishin returns so much because the business owner can take more time off and enjoy life. When things tighten up that man starts working harder himself and starts expecting more from the people he keeps.Less people working, more profit.

Add this to the fact that Obama’s policies have made it even more expensive to hire people and we have the answer to why the economy is not returning to better days.


17 posted on 11/24/2011 5:39:29 AM PST by Venturer
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To: ArtDodger

LOL! Oh man that is awesome! “Buh-bye! Thank ‘Bam on your way out!”


18 posted on 11/24/2011 5:40:06 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Nancy Pelosi - The #1 reason why we need a Constitutional amendment for Congressional drug testing.)
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To: Morgana

Wanna a job,vote Republican/2012!


19 posted on 11/24/2011 5:40:57 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: dools0007world
The dirty little secret is in the open now.

It is an actual sentiment among many small business owners!

20 posted on 11/24/2011 5:41:23 AM PST by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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