Small business owner fires workers after Mitt loses

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:06:00 +0000

In Vegas, one small business owner decided to lash out against his own employees after President Obama was elected, firing 22 of his 114 workers yesterday.

The owner, who refused to disclose his name or company information, told a local radio station that in the lead-up to the election he did his best to “educate” his employees about the “consequences” of Obama’s reelection. But when the sitting president won despite the owner’s skewed civics lessons, he preemptively fired nearly a fifth of his staff.

“I explained to them a month ago that if Obama gets in office that the regulations for Obamacare are gonna hurt our business, and I’m gonna have to make provisions to make sure I have enough money to cover the payroll taxes, the additional healthcare I’m gonna have to do, and I explained that to them and I said you do what you feel like in your heart you need to do, but I’m just letting you know as a warning this is things I have to think of as a business owner,” he told radio host Kevin Wall on 100.5 KXNT.

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Small business owner fires workers after Mitt loses