Some scoffed at my original Obama Effect post, but dear Prudie chimed in with another good example in the comments. Posted here for your edification.

The company my mother works for was looking for a new building, they were planning to expand, they were planning to hire more people, and they were planning on investing in new equipment. This is a large company that grosses millions a year, they’re one of the largest companies in their field…

Mom found out today that all of their plans are now being put on hold until after the election. Even more, they’re thinking of laying off people.The owner’s just too scared of Obama winning. Who knows what he’d do to the tax structure, the economy, to regulations, etc… so the owner is preparing for the worst and assuming that Obama will win.

And that means that they’re not reinvesting in the company by doing all they’d planned. They’re putting the money in a bank and letting it sit there, thinking that they’ll need it when Obama sticks it to them.

The owner is a brilliant businessman; he’d have to be to go literally from nothing to billionaire. And he’s preparing the company for the worst possible scenario… and that is an Obama presidency.

Now imagine that times a million other companies… all doing the same thing. And that’s what American companies are doing right now.

It’s scary that such things are done just because of “possibility,” but then, that’s probably what it takes to create a succesful business.

Does this happen every election? No, not at all.