[ncalburt]

is this legal ?

Where the hell in Bonehead ?

[dead]

the Obama administration promised to pick up the tab for severance costs

[Qwackertoo]

I would think most of the workers would know their jobs are in jeopardy one way or another IF this baffoon is re-elected. Well, maybe the assembly line workers might be fed a line from their union, but surely management and other departments are wise to their chances under a second term with the one who would love to see defense cut to the bone.

[Intolerant in NJ]

... after the Obama administration promised to pick up the tab for severance costs resulting from sequestration...unbelievable - not only are they advocating breaking the law in order to help Obama'a reelection, but now the taxpayers - you and me - are going to be paying the bill for their malfeasance - and what's really unbelievable is there's not a word of protest from the Republicans - beyond unbelievable......

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Lockheed. Another American icon down the drain for selling out to the Dictator.

[SkyDancer]

People I know at Boeing say they have to give a 60 day notice of layoff. What’s Obamagabe doing?

[Brad from Tennessee]

[. . .that offer would be null and void for any contractor that issues job-loss warnings before sequestration begins.]

This is crooked as a snake. Any contractor issuing the letters to employees would be following the law and therefore not subject to legal liability.

[mylife]

All these cuts will be across the board.
I really don’t want to lose my job because Congress can’t pass a damn budget!

[hopespringseternal]

Obama is paying defense contractors to let people go and Romney can't capitalize on it?

Why, oh why did we nominate another born loser?

[jz638]

This. This is the reason I can’t vote for Obama more than anything else. Ours was once a nation of laws, not men. Now it is a nation of deals, thousands of them, all arbitrary, none of them more reliable or repeatable than the moment or whim of whomever is in power at the moment. This is the destruction of a republic in a nutshell.

The Romney campaign should sieze on this, present a Romney administration as a polar opposite and present it clearly: if you want an administration that exempts preferred companies from nationwide health insurance mandates, ignores contract law to fill the coffers of unions in bankruptcy proceedings, and muscles private industry into breaking the law with the assurance that they’ll look past the lawbrwaking, vote for the other guy. If you want the law to apply evenly to all Americans, all corporations, all industries, vote for me.

[Vince Ferrer]

If I were elected, I’d have them arrested for conspiracy. Then see who talks and go from there.

[Mortrey]

Don’t kiss the cream-puff’s ass!

[Tenacious 1]

I hope the Lockheed Martin employees get a lawyer. Anyone laid off (if this goes thru) will have one hell of a lawsuit. Since the companies actions are willfully illegal, the suit can be punishment and far more than the actual damages.

[DustyMoment]

Lockheed Martin and other defense contractors backed down from issuing layoff notices to employees on Monday after the Obama administration promised to pick up the tab for severance costs resulting from sequestration.

The news provided welcome relief for President Obama, who faced the prospect of mass layoff notices in battleground states just days before the election, and outraged Republicans, who accused the administration of bending the law to hide job losses from the public.

Obama is certainly generous with OPM (Other People's Money)!

It is a crying shame that he will NEVER be prosecuted for his illegal, criminal acts.

[diverteach]

This is a clear violation of the WARN Act.