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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichigan's Request Foods CEO Got $5.5 Mil of Stimulus Funds, Tells Employees to Vote Against Obama
http://www.dailykos.com/CEO who took millions in stimulus tells workers to vote against Obama because big government
Laura Clauson
"Another boss weighs in telling his workers to vote for Mitt Romney, and if this one takes it easier on the intimidation than many of his plutocratic brethren, he makes up for it with an extra helping of hypocrisy. Jack DeWitt, president of Michigan's Request Foods, included in his company's newsletter a message assailing President Barack Obama for wanting "a bigger government," including "more regulations and rules which makes it difficult to start and grow business (such as Request Foods)." One little thing:
Request Foods obtained $5.5 million under a federal grant program that Obama's stimulus bill increased by $1 billion. Last year, the company greatly expanded its footprint in Holland, Mich., where it used the money for a water treatment plant to serve a new facility.
The company has also seen a strong increase in sales during the Obama administration. [...]
With the help from taxpayer money, Request was able to add at least 250 jobs.
While DeWitt didn't include the threat to his employees' jobs that seems to be de rigeur these days, a logistics coordinator at the company told the Huffington Post that "All the employees fall in line. They support our business policies." (Small conflict there: Request's business policies led to 250 people being hired thanks in large part to the stimulus. It's the company's political message that's at issue here, telling workers to vote against the president who made their jobs possible.) ...."
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Michigan's Request Foods CEO Got $5.5 Mil of Stimulus Funds, Tells Employees to Vote Against Obama (Original Post)
amborin
Oct 2012
OP
He's got his Obama stimulus, now he wants to pay less tax at the expense of the sick and the poor
Democratopia
Oct 2012
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meow2u3
(24,759 posts)1. The bosses are biting the hand the feeds them nt
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2. jack dewitt is an ass
Democratopia
(552 posts)3. He's got his Obama stimulus, now he wants to pay less tax at the expense of the sick and the poor
Plus why have food standards and environmental regulations, worse still why should workers have health care? Very consistent with Repugnant values.