Yet Another CEO Asks Employees to Vote Romney for Sake of the Company (And Their Jobs)

The Blaze ^ | October 14, 2012 | Erica Ritz

[2ndDivisionVet]

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes reported Sunday that Arthur Allen, the founder, president, and CEO of ASG Software Solutions, recently emailed his employees asking them to vote for Mitt Romney for the sake of the company– and their jobs. The subject line for the September 30 email was, “Will the US Presidential election directly impact your future jobs at ASG? Please read below.”

Just last week, founder and CEO of Westgate Resorts David Siegel made a similar move, telling employees he’d have “no choice” but to reduce the size of the company if Obama wins.

Allen’s letter read, according to MSNBC:

We have a chance, as individuals, to help turn the sick US economy into a healthy economy, and positively influence the global economy as well. This chance comes on November 6th, when we elect a new President and administration. The US and the world need to elect individuals who have business experience. Neither the world nor the US can stand to elect politicians any longer. In my view, and in the view of most business leaders, if you give politicians 100 questions, they will give you back 100 wrong answers simply because they have no basis for making those decisions. Would you hire a person with no experience to do brain surgery? Of course not, but that’s what the US voters did in 2009. Why does the world keep hiring politicians to run our global economies when they have no experience? It just makes no sense, and yet the world keeps doing it over and over again. Let’s take the lead on November 6th and show the world how it should and can be done.

The CEO then explained what the re-election of President Obama would mean for the company– and the jobs of everyone who works there:(continued)

[2ndDivisionVet]

I agree with him. Do you?

[FlingWingFlyer]

There are a lot more out there who think this way. They just aren’t saying anything right now.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Looks like the avalanche is starting, though, doesn’t it?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Yeah. Expect more and more of this every day between now and the election. The Era of Food Stamps, unemployment extensions and ObamaPhones is over. America is broke. It’s time for people to get serious and realize that America is in big trouble right now.

[ShasheMac]

On a related note the CEO of Acme Teleprompter Sales is encouraging his employees to re-elect the President…

[adorno]

He could have said what he wanted to say without including this statement in his plea to this employees:

When we buy a company, we eliminate about 60 percent of the salaries of the employees of that company. If we lose our independence and get consolidated, the same thing would happen to ASG’s employees.

That statement above is not a very endearing one, and it's also not a way to win over the confidence of his employees, or those of employees of future companies that might be acquired by his company.

Other than that, I very well understand what he means, and it's quite true that, millions will have to be terminated from employment if Obama is re-elected.

[2ndDivisionVet]

As are the bosses at Choom Amalgamated, Hoaxer Electric Cars and ObamaPhones.

[Nitehawk0325]

Not only do I agree with him but I would love to work for a person like him who apparently has a good head on his shoulders and wants to keep it there.
Unfortunately this gentleman will probably have one disgruntle employee who will probably hire an attorney and sue him for trying to influence his employees to vote a certain way. Then the ACLU will get involved and also sue him for some made up hate crime for racism.
Finally, the Obama regime will get involved and try to have him arrested and imprisoned while one of Obama’s buddies takes over his company.
Just my humble conservative Republican opinion.

[mwl8787]

God bless this guy. He’s honest and gives employees ample warning, in the midst of great personal and business retaliation from the IRS and every other agency that the Obama goons will sic on him.

Most of our CEOs are cowards and hypocrites, particularly in the Fortune 500. It is their worst, and possibly final, betrayal of the free enterprise system.

[Ms Mable]

Union bosses do this ALL THE TIME. IMO, it’s fair play, I salute them!

[FlingWingFlyer]

You got that right. I’m with you.

[mike_9958]

America will get the government it votes for....

God help us

[Ms Mable]

:-) Hopefully...this strategy will become widespread w/ conservative bosses.

[Morris70]

Be prepared for a lot of full time employees changed to part Time next year.

[Huskrrrr]

Yet another related note, CEO of Acme signs (specializing in “Going Out of Business”) stands by his endorsement of Obama.

[Delhi Rebels]

ASG has been outsourcing jobs to India so I imagine a lot of the jobs are history no matter who wins.

[ducttape45]

I agree with him as well.

[SaraJohnson]

I think it’s funny to hear this from the software commies. Turns out liberalism is not Utopia?

[RedMDer]

Click

[MitchellC]

I hope it’s an avalanche with coattails.