What happens if you write an intelligent article on health care? Usually, liberals who want universal health care ignore it. But what happens if you’re the CEO of Whole Foods? When I read the op-ed written by said CEO John Mackey, my first thought was the “progressive” liberals who love Whole Foods are going to be outraged. Sure enough, ABC has all the details:
Joshua has been taking the bus to his local Whole Foods in New York City every five days for the past two years. This week, he said he’ll go elsewhere to fulfill his fresh vegetable and organic produce needs. “I will never shop there again,” vowed Joshua, a 45-year-old blogger, who asked that his last name not be published. Like many of his fellow health food fanatics, Joshua said he will no longer patronize the store after learning about Whole Foods Market Inc.’s CEO John Mackey’s views on health care reform, which were made public this week in an op-ed piece he wrote for The Wall Street Journal.
How awesome is this? Mackey’s op-ed isn’t even controversial. I guess simply being in favor of reform that doesn’t burden future generations with insurmountable debt is unforgivable. Then there’s this amazingly ignorant quote from Michael Lent.
“I’m boycotting [Whole Foods] because all Americans need health care,” said Lent, 33, who used to visit his local Whole Foods “several times a week.” “While Mackey is worried about health care and stimulus spending, he doesn’t seem too worried about expensive wars and tax breaks for the wealthy and big businesses such as his own that contribute to the deficit,” said Lent.
This is a typical ill-informed statement by an “all feeling” yet unknowing liberal. Lent doesn’t mention anything in Mackey’s op-ed, but somehow corporate subsidies and war are in the conversation. As astute political observers would know, U.S. corporate taxes are some of the highest in the industrialized world, hence the reason so many corporations receive subsidies. There’s nothing astute about Lent, however; he’s just another clueless Hipster Dufus.
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I can’t believe I’m writing again about Ezra Klein. I didn’t even know who he was a few days ago. Actually I still don’t know who he is except he’s another loony progressive who writes for a mainstream news organization….