Official 2012 Election Day Thread

[Daseal]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Makes perfect sense to me. When you shut down your office the first thing you do is shut off the cash before people decide to have the night out with other peoples money. Its very easy to max out a card and the other party having no chance to come back and require you to pay it back.

I gotta agree with FD here to a certain extent. The only way I don't agree is if Romney asked these staffers to put on events or something campaign related that would cost money, and when it came time to pay the card was dead. The article didn't state that as the case. Seems like a generally smart move. If I quit a company and have a corporate card, I expect it to be dead on my last day.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Daseal

I gotta agree with FD here to a certain extent. The only way I don't agree is if Romney asked these staffers to put on events or something campaign related that would cost money, and when it came time to pay the card was dead. The article didn't state that as the case. Seems like a generally smart move. If I quit a company and have a corporate card, I expect it to be dead on my last day.

When I was an OFA staffer in '08 the campaign gave us new laptops, we kept our cell phones/Blackberry, and they paid us for the remainder of the month even though the election had ended.

My point isn't to compare how generous OFA was, but how loyalty and showing people you care matters when you want to enlist them four years later. Those people Romney burned will never work for his ass again. It was a dick move to shut down the cards with no advance notice, especially since those staffers were probably working for low wages to begin with.

But whatevs..the election is over. Couldn't care less about Romney.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

When I was an OFA staffer in '08 the campaign gave us new laptops, we kept our cell phones/Blackberry, and they paid us for the remainder of the month even though the election had ended.

My point isn't to compare how generous OFA was, but how loyalty and showing people you care matters when you want to enlist them four years later. Those people Romney burned will never work for his ass again. It was a dick move to shut down the cards with no advance notice, especially since those staffers were probably working for low wages to begin with.

But whatevs..the election is over. Couldn't care less about Romney.

So he was buying votes in 2004 too.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

So he was buying votes in 2004 too.

He didn't lose a 1.5 billion election... hopefully he will come through for us and raise your taxes and redistribute the money to the 47%.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

He didn't lose a 1.5 billion election... hopefully he will come through for us and raise your taxes and redistribute the money to the 47%.

I'm self employeed and he will hit you guys before we get hit. I'll just take less income and start saving more money through a SEP or something like that.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by firstdown

I'm self employeed and he will hit you guys before we get hit. I'll just take less income and start saving more money through a SEP or something like that.

Interesting...so you're one of the tax cheats you always seem to be complain about and I am having to carry?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

Interesting...so you're one of the tax cheats you always seem to be complain about and I am having to carry?

OK, Saden I'll keep it simple for you. A SEP is just an IRA (individual retirment plan) that a business can contribute into. You should look into an IRA for yourself they have two different plans Roth & Traditional.

For more on IRA's.

Let me google that for you

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by firstdown

So he was buying votes in 2004 too.

See post #301