Capitalism is alive and well in Whole Foods. John Mackey, the embattled CEO and Chairman of Whole Foods, once stated he had enough money to retire but decided to create a biz that would enrich the lives of others. As a result of Mackey's efforts, Whole Foods now employs thousands of workers, provides benefits for each and produces a quality product, enriches the economy by the vast resources he employs to keep his business flourishing and one can only imagine the millions of dollars Whole Food and it's employees pay each year in state and fed taxes. Mackey himself takes a salary of only $1/year from Whole Foods. All in all, Whole Foods is a true american success story.
Yet, when he speaks his mind and outlines his opinions about healthcare reform, (see Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.html )
opinions contrary to the Obama Administration, yet opinions based on Mackey's vast hands-on experience with the health care costs, benefits and disadvantages pertaining to thousands of his own employees, the 'socialist' faction gets their panties in a bunch.
The Whole Foods boycott is an excellent example of what is taking place in America, albeit on a smaller scale.
There is a battle raging between free market capitalism and government controlled socialism. The lines have been drawn and the chasm between the two is ever widening.
Obama's election emboldened those socialist liberals to an extent not imagined. Although the majority of Americans are conservatives, and by definition, free market capitalists, the socialist left currently owns the bully pulpit and the sympathy of the main stream media.
Just as the town hall meetings have evolved from Health Care Reform to include debate about the economy, and all other forms of government misrepresentation of the public trust, The boycott against Whole Foods is designed to voice dissent not just against Mackey's health care suggestions, but to punish another free thinking, free market capitalist, and to demonize the entire 'employer elite'.
Socialists dislike nothing greater than a successful individual. Personal success goes against their entire ideology.
Therefore, the boycott against Whole Foods has less to do with health care than a condemnation by a growing number of socialist liberals of individualism and free market capitalism.
Back in 2008, this Whole Foods, CEO John Mackey (how old is this kid?), was caught posting negative comments (trash talk) about a competitor on Yahoo Finance message boards in an effort to push down the stock price. So now I am suppose to take this loser seriously? Please, snore, snore.
ReplyDeleteIt’s funny we hear Republicans say that they do not want “faceless bureaucrats” making medical decisions but they have no problem with “private sector” “faceless bureaucrats” daily declining medical coverage and financially ruining good hard working people (honestly where can they go with a pre-condition). And who says that the “private sector” is always right, do we forget failures like Long-Term Capital, WorldCom, Global Crossing, Enron, Tyco, AIG and Lehman Brothers. Of course the federal government will destroy heathcare by getting involved, Oh but wait, Medicare and Medicaid and our military men and women and the Senate and Congress get the best heathcare in the world, and oh, that’s right, its run by our federal government. I can understand why some may think that the federal government will fail, if you look at the past eight years as a current history, with failures like the financial meltdown and Katrina but the facts is they can and if we support them they will succeed.
How does shouting down to stop the conversation of the healthcare debate at town hall meetings, endears them to anyone. Especially when the organizations that are telling them where to go and what to do and say are Republicans political operatives, not real grassroots. How does shouting someone down or chasing them out like a “lynch mob” advanced the debate, it does not. So I think the American people will see through all of this and know, like the teabagger, the birthers, these lynch mobs types AKA “screamers” are just the same, people who have to resort to these tactics because they have no leadership to articulate what they real want. It’s easy to pickup a bus load of people who hate, and that’s all I been seeing, they hate and can’t debate. Too bad.
Paul's comments are definitive proof that liberal socialism is at the root of the health care debate.
ReplyDeletePaul first condemns the CEO of Whole Foods (employer of thousands of people... sure, lets put him out of business so thousands more can be added to the growing unemployment numbers, brilliant!), Paul then condemns the republicans for the popular protests against health care reform (if republicans could motivate more than 50% of americans against health care why did the lose the 2008 elections?), Paul then uses the corporate excesses that resulted from the Clinton years of greed and expanded during the Bush Administration to group All big business as evil (I wonder where Paul works and if he thinks his employer should go bust for the evil profits they earn?), and lastly Paul uses Medicare and Medicaid as examples of government success (note: taxpayers are on the hook for future medicare and medicaid debt to the tune of $59 trillion!). I wonder where Paul
Yes, Paul exemplifies the liberal socialist that believes government is the answer to all problems.
Genius.
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