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Whole Foods co-founder and CEO John Mackey recently took to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal to advocate against the Obama proposed health care reform plan, which Mackey deemed unaffordable and would lead to a quality decline; while proposing his own free-market reform plan that entails nation-wide insurance competition and removal of state-based mandates that increase the cost of care.
Not surprising, liberals did not take to kindly to Mackey's editorial. Many liberals felt betrayed. Whole Foods sells organic food, something liberals champion; how can a seller of something so good advocate something so "evil"? Whole Foods was always seen as a "blue-state" chain.
In response, a Feacbook group has been established to promote a boycott of Whole Foods and demonstrations have been planned - and maybe executed - outside of Whole Foods. Of course, consumers are more than free to stop giving their money to a CEO whom they disagree with and one can even find public protests outside of stores respectful forms of opposition.
But what is uncalled for is the arrogant dismissal of Mackey. Liberals are denouncing Mackey not as a thoughtful person with a differing point of view, but simply a right-wing shrill who should have never expressed his opinions. But some go beyond that.
Outstanding, none other than MSNBC liberal talk-show host Keith Olbermann has denounced Mackey's decision not only for ideological purposes, but also because, Olbermann claims, Mackey is so stupid as to hurt his bottom line by inviting boycotts against his opinions.
So let's get this straight: liberals consistently attack CEOs as being greedy corporate-heads whom only care about profits with no concern for values. But when a CEO puts his values before his profit, if said CEO's values happen to be opposed to liberal plans than this CEO is not a honorable example of a value-based CEO but an idiot who does not care about his business. Olbermann is criticizing Mackey for doing what liberals often claim CEOs never do: put values before profits.
Now, liberals like Olbermann are so concerned about the profits of Whole Foods and so sad to see the corporation lose. For some liberals, when ti comes to the advancement of certain policy - in this care health care reform - that is more important than upholding long espoused values.
Vile.
