The super-rich guy who claims he's the one who got George W. Bush elected is doing everything he can to make sure Mitt Romney wins in November too.
David Siegel, the founder and CEO of giant timeshare company Westgate resorts, sent an opus-like email to his workers, railing against one-percent bashing and arguing that the president's reelection would "threaten your job." In the email, obtained by Gawker, Siegel goes on to write:
If any new taxes are levied on me, or my company, as our current President plans, I will have no choice but to reduce the size of this company.
Siegel has a history of injecting himself in to critical political events. In the "The Queen of Versailles," the documentary chronicling Siegel's quest to obnoxiously build the biggest house in America, the Florida real estate mogul claims he was "personally responsible" for George W. Bush's 2000 presidential victory. He also goes on to say that his tactics for helping Bush win "may not necessarily have been legal."
Siegel isn't the first CEO to push his political preferences on his employees. Bob Murray, CEO of coal company Murray Energy, allegedly pressured his workers to donate money to the Romney campaign. Murray energy workers have also accused the company of forcing them to participate in a pro-Romney rally, give up a day's worth of pay and face the possibility of getting fired if they didn't.
And Richard Lacks, CEO of car parts manufacturer Lacks Enterprises, urged his employees to vote for Romney on the basis of the claim that four more years of Obama would mean a boost in taxes and a decrease in pay. Talk about rocking the vote.
UPDATE: After Gawker published its piece, they spoke to Siegel, who confirmed that he sent the email and that he based it off a chain email that went around before the 2008 elections. "It speaks the truth and it gives [employees] something to think about when they go to the polls," he told Gawker.
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