Romney: "I Like Being Able to Fire People"

[Doppel]

Poor choice of words, certainly, but we all agree with the sentiment and if you don't something is wrong with you. BTW i think Romney is a scumbag, but I'm being fair with what he said.

 

[Lemon law]

so, you're voting for Romney?

you can't fire someone without first hiring him.

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Don't be a dope Loki, I made in rather crystal clear I will not vote for Romney, and why.

Quit acting like a troll, Loki! Quit claiming to be confused, when all you are doing is proving you are trolling on this post.

 

[IonusX]

Agreed...I see absolutely nothing wrong with what he just said. I'm not saying that I support Romney, but what he just said follows my opinion exactly.

he made his living outsourcing US jobs overseas and firing US labor en mass. the guy has no intention of bringing jobs to america.. anyone can see that. this is openly admitted by mainstream media..

 

[nageov3t]

Don't be a dope Loki, I made in rather crystal clear I will not vote for Romney, and why.

Quit acting like a troll, Loki! Quit claiming to be confused, when all you are doing is proving you are trolling on this post.

you're the one who's talking about wanting to fire Romney, I'm just confirming how you plan on bringing that about.

 

[Blackjack200]

"If someone doesn't give me the service I need, i'll find someone else to provide that service"
Only a dumbshit of a leftist would have a problem with firing someone that screws up by the numbers every day.
I guess that's why they're voting for Obama.

Democrats: mandating that no employer fires anyone, ever, no matter how incompetent they are at their jobs?

I thought that was a Bush-era policy.

Except that most of the crowd jumping on this comment are actually his GOP primary opponents. :whiste:

Carry on wingnuts, nothing to see here. :biggrin:

 

[cybrsage]

"If someone doesn't give me the service I need, i'll find someone else to provide that service"
Only a dumbshit of a leftist would have a problem with firing someone that screws up by the numbers every day.
I guess that's why they're voting for Obama.

That is also why they support unions. One of the primary purposes of a union is to ensure that those who should be fired are paid well instead.

 

[PricklyPete]

he made his living outsourcing US jobs overseas and firing US labor en mass. the guy has no intention of bringing jobs to america.. anyone can see that. this is openly admitted by mainstream media..

Sure, that may be true...but that is not what he is saying in the video.

 

[EagleKeeper]

I wouldn't have a problem with a him firing a person over performance as opposed to firing someone in order to pad his own pocket.

What happens if you are not allowed to fire the person.?

Now you have to keep them on the dole accomplishing nothing.

 

[Lanyap]

Let's see more of that clip, shall we.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7394483n

Mitt Romney said he likes "being able to fire people" who do not provide good service. Romney was speaking about health insurance companies at a campaign stop in Nashua, New Hampshire on Monday.

We need to fire the OP.

 

[Darwin333]

Romney is right, so I will enjoy going to the ballot box and saying, Mitt Romney, you are fired. Meanwhile, on Anand tech, I can content my self for stating all the reasons we should fire Romney.

Concerning the presidential race, the only person that you can actually fire is Obama. Romney doesn't have the job yet so he can't be fired from it.

 

[Throckmorton]

Your employer can fire the company if it isn't meeting expectations. BTW, if government assumes control of health care how are you going to fire it? Blow kisses?

If the government's health insurance isn't good enough, you do the same thing you would now... pay a lot of money for individual health insurance.

 

[Balt]

Romney is a spineless slimer, but there's nothing wrong with what he said there.

 

[HomerJS]

Firing people is sometimes necessary. I don't know why someone would take glee from it?

 

[nageov3t]

Firing people is sometimes necessary. I don't know why someone would take glee from it?

"I like being able to fire someone."

I think it's an important distinction.

I think most people would agree that it's nice to have the option of firing someone when they're not doing their job well rather than being stuck with them (because they're under contract, because they're the only game in town, etc, etc)

 

[alphatarget1]

Nothing wrong with what Romney said but it makes for a good soundbite unfortunately. Should've been more careful with his words IMO.

 

[blankslate]

Let's see more of that clip, shall we.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7394483n




We need to fire the OP.

Except that he has done the same thing to the President...

Good for the goose good for the gander.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...omney-says-obama-said-if-we-keep-talking-abo/

So excuse me for having no sympathy for Willard Romney

 

[umbrella39]

Well answered

If you are retarded.

 

[dabuddha]

What kind of retard would take something out of context and try to make something big out of it just to make themselves look stupid. Oh wait, both sides

 

[nageov3t]

Except that he has done the same thing to the President...

Good for the goose good for the gander.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...omney-says-obama-said-if-we-keep-talking-abo/

So excuse me for having no sympathy for Willard Romney

two wrongs making a right, true since the invention of politics.

 

[soundforbjt]

Except that he has done the same thing to the President...

Good for the goose good for the gander.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...omney-says-obama-said-if-we-keep-talking-abo/

So excuse me for having no sympathy for Willard Romney

Agree, and it's his republican opponents using this in attacks, so repubs should be mad at their own party for this.

 

[monovillage]

Firing people is sometimes necessary. I don't know why someone would take glee from it?

That's the touchy-feely automatic leftist response. It's also bullshit. I've taken glee from firing drunken, violent and confrontational employees. My wife has been happy to fire sexual predators that had targeted newly hired 18 and 19 year old women. There's lots of reasons for being happy that you just got rid of a truly despicable, problem causing employee.

 

[Ausm]

What happens if you are not allowed to fire the person.?

Now you have to keep them on the dole accomplishing nothing.

This is what Mittens is thinking, You know it's bad when GOP is blasting you 4 being heartless capitalist. Like being thrown out of hot dog eating contest 4 gluttony.

 

[blankslate]

two wrongs making a right, true since the invention of politics.

Politics has been dirty for a long time. If you do that to someone then I don't have much sympathy when it's done to you.

That being said, it's just unfortunate that enough people don't examine ads for their veracity before making a choice.

 

[woolfe9999]

Agree, and it's his republican opponents using this in attacks, so repubs should be mad at their own party for this.

On a related note, take a look at the new anti-Romney attack ad from a Gingrich PAC that uses OWS style class warfare to attack Romney.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2218779

 

[Ausm]

Politics has been dirty for a long time. If you do that to someone then I don't have much sympathy when it's done to you.

That being said, it's just unfortunate that enough people don't examine ads for their veracity before making a choice.

I enjoy it when the Republican's eat their own.