Friday, August 14, 2009

John Mackey Stirs The Pot


John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods wrote an article in the WSJ that began with the Margaret Thatcher quote "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money." What should be instructive about that quote is that in spite of Thatcher being a staunch conservative and anti-socialist, she was never able to get socialism out of England, but I am digressing. John Mackey jumped from the frying pan into the fire with that article because a lot of his customers are progressive socialist eviro-weenies. He made the mistake of pissing some of them off. What is illustrative here is that in spite of him showing an alternative plan to Obama's that didn't include a government sponsored option, they crucified him as if he said everyone should die now. What these progressive enviro-terrorist socialist-fascist monkeys have proved is that they are statists. Why? Because they need to power of the government to enforce their ideas. This is so because their ideas are not supported by the facts, and what we observe. Their ideas fail in practicum.

From what I can tell Mr. Mackey is a small c capitalist and libertarian. He also is a businessman and wants to make a profit, but treat his employees fairly. I think he is on the right track, and his honesty is refreshing. So, I contend that if he loses business from the sandals and veggie burger crowd, the good people that truly appreciate freedom will fill the vacuum. To that effect, I say shop at Whole Foods, as your business will help support a businessman that respects freedom and wants to promulgate freedom. Way to go Mr. Mackey.

And to the Left Coast Rebel: You beat me to writing about this article, but I can't publish from work. It's too risky. Good show.

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4 comments:

blackandgoldfan said...

No Whole Foods Stores in my area. :-(

The Right Guy said...

None in my area either. :(. Still, I'll keep it in mind when I am on the road.

Left Coast Rebel said...

I'm reading today that the 'nutroots' and open minded liberals are coming out in force to boycott WF because of Macke's op-ed. Wow, free speech fromt the latte crowd?

The Right Guy said...

The problem I have with the enviro-terrorists is that he gives a valid alternative to Obama's plan. These progressive statists show their true colors because they only support a solution that comes from the government. It also shows their ideas fail in the open market of ideas and they need the power of the feds to enforce them.

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