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November 9, 2012

Las Vegas Business Owner Fires 22 "Mostly Hispanic" Workers over Obama Re-Election 
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A man claiming to be a business owner in Las Vegas has publicly
announced he has fired 22 of his more than 114 "mostly Hispanic"
employees because of President Obama's re-election. Speaking anonymously
to the radio station KSNT, the man blamed the expected costs of
President Obama's healthcare law.

"David": "I explained to them a month ago, if Obama gets in office, the
regulations for 'Obamacare' are going to hurt our business, and I am
going to have to make provisions to make sure I have enough money to
cover the payroll taxes, the additional healthcare I'm going to have to
do. And I explained that to them, and I said, 'You do what you feel in
your heart you need to do, but I'm just letting you know as a warning
this is things that I have to think of as a business owner.' Well,
unfortunately, the — and most of my employees are Hispanic, I'm
not going to go into what kind of company I have, but I have mostly
Hispanic employees. Well, unfortunately, we know what happened. I can't
wait around anymore. I need to be proactive. I had to lay off 22 people
today to make sure that my business is going to thrive and that I'm
going to be around for years to come."

 

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