Posted on 10/02/2012 9:00:00 AM PDT by castowell
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin heeded a request from the White House today — one with political overtones — and announced it will not issue layoff notices to thousands of employees just days before the November presidential election.
Lockheed, one of the biggest employers in the key battleground state of Virginia, previously warned it would have to issue notices to employees, required by law, due to looming defense cuts set to begin to take effect after Jan. 2 because of the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction — the so-called Super-committee, which was created to find a way to cut $1.5 trillion from the federal deficit over the next decade.
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"We have come too far to abandon the change we fought for these past few years.
We have to move forward to the future we imagined in 2008 where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules.
That’s the choice in this election and that’s why I’m running for a second term as President of the United States.”~Barack Obama
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Who’s going to prosecute the companies if they don’t ever give layoff notices? No one. This is the lawless administration. It will NOT follow any law that it doesn’t find necessary to achieve its goals.
And yet that is exactly what his administration has done......Lordy we are in such deep trouble
Imagine a Republican president trying to get away with this!
right
???
This is clearly an impeachable offense, as are numerous other infractions. So what do we do about it? Continue to allow him to operate above the law?
I am tired of feeling outraged everyday. I want action.
So, they’re still in the headchopping line. If anything, that should make them more determined to vote against hussein.
LM should sent out notices to its employees, stating that it was asked to not send out *layoff* notices, and that their jobs are secure up until the point that they are suddenly not secure...
of course the alphabet agency anal crawl would be huge after that...
not to worry though, RR will undo everything on day one, or 1001, or...???
You mean R+R? Maybe we should call them R2. R+R sounds like a drink.
You are a very bad infuence on me.
Only saw it played on broadcast.
Why, yes, they are.
That's an excellent question; thank you for asking.
The Won has directed the OMB to notify large defense contractors that if they violate the law by refraining from providing the required warning of impending layoffs, and are ultimately penalized financially for that legal violation, their legal expenses/penalties will be reimbursed by the government like any other contract-related expense.
It’s only a conspiracy when done in secret.
You keep saying nut-job, but not only are the scenarios conceivable, they are probable!
Yes, I get the gist. But like John Semmens satire, they are all too probable..!
re-elected or not, I don’t see him leaving office
So Lockheed TRUSTS him to keep his word?
How is Congress gonna vote to allocate the funds so Obama can pay off on the promise?
I think it would be hilarious if Lockheed got sued and then proceeded to sue Obama PERSONALLY for breaking his promise.
This would be especially funny if he loses the election and has to pay up from his personal stash.
That’s sorta the whole point of the Nut-job Conspiracy Ping List.
Of course!
I'm sure the rest of the story is he promised them that if they didn't do this one little favor for him, they would never get another government contract.
Heck, even I'd trust him on that one!
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