Guess I'll Have to Begrudgingly Shop At Whole Foods

Obama Health Care Reform Riles Up Whole Foods CEO John Mackey - ABC News: "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."

...but I won't pay extra for organic.

Well, John Mackey ran afoul of the totalitarian left. Apparently, according to the article, he is supposed to poll all of his pate and granola eating clients and only express their majority views. He certainly shouldn't oppose the Annointed One, nor express vicious views like these, published in the Wall Street Journal:

Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts (HSAs).

• Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the same tax benefits. Now employer health insurance benefits are fully tax deductible, but individual health insurance is not. This is unfair.

• Repeal all state laws which prevent insurance companies from competing across state lines. We should all have the legal right to purchase health insurance from any insurance company in any state and we should be able use that insurance wherever we live. Health insurance should be portable.

• Repeal government mandates regarding what insurance companies must cover.

• Enact tort reform to end the ruinous lawsuits that force doctors to pay insurance costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.

• Make costs transparent so that consumers understand what health-care treatments cost.

• Enact Medicare reform.

• Finally, revise tax forms to make it easier for individuals to make a voluntary, tax-deductible donation to help the millions of people who have no insurance and aren't covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program.

I think he may be a closet Nazi!!! Aren't there hate speech laws against stuff like this?

I predict that John's NPR subscribing clientele will be back at Whole Paycheck in no time, unable to resist the siren call of chic Eurofood.