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Whole Foods CEO: Health care law 'like fascism'
The Washington Times ^ | January 16, 2013 | Tom Howell Jr.

Posted on 01/18/2013 3:32:00 AM PST by Texas Fossil

The CEO of Whole Foods compared President Obama's health care law to "fascism" in a radio interview on Wednesday, a turnabout from earlier comments in which he compared the signature reforms to socialism.

"Technically speaking, it's more like fascism," John Mackey told NPR's Morning Edition.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fascism; healthcare; obama; socialism
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Well Duuuhhh! Of course Obozo is a fascists.

Most interesting part of the article is one of the comments after the article entitled

"All I know is we are losing America with KING OBONGO and his loons in charge."

"You know you live in a country run by idiots..."

1 posted on 01/18/2013 3:32:12 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil

Watch for every federal food monitoring agency in this country to come down like a ton of bricks on Whole Foods now...


2 posted on 01/18/2013 3:37:31 AM PST by livius
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To: livius

Yep it is the Fascist way, punish all who oppose you.

Have you noticed the full court press being applied in the media concerning “gun control”. Even somed on FOX they don’t get it, they simply do not understand what these people actually are.

But some of us do.


3 posted on 01/18/2013 3:41:18 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil

For those who wonder about the definition of fascists....it’s a political philosophy or movement....that generally puts the nation or society ahead of that of the individual. You can’t run such a gov’t without a dictatorial type leader, and in 100 percent of all cases (history always prevails)...there’s always a severe economic situation that erupts and drains the pocketbooks of everyone. This generally punishes not only the individual, but society itself in the end. Society is nothing....without the success of the individual.

If anyone can find a country that survived a fascist period and flourished economically....I’d like to hear about it. But so far....none ever flourish.


4 posted on 01/18/2013 3:48:01 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

Totalitarianism in all it’s forms is evil and the enemy of all free men.

Obozo is a Lying Commie B_tard and he serves the father-of-lies.


5 posted on 01/18/2013 3:52:51 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil
This guy has balls. Most of his customers are ueber-libs and they will undoubtedly lash out. At least until they discover that the arugula selection at Food Lion is lacking.
6 posted on 01/18/2013 3:53:10 AM PST by beef (Who Killed Kennewick Man?)
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To: Texas Fossil

I thought Whole Foods was a liberal 0bama-supporting organization. Was I wrong?


7 posted on 01/18/2013 3:55:46 AM PST by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: beef

Yep, his customer list contains a lot of yuppies. Most of them don’t have a clue about this mess. He would be in a good place to actually impact that group.


8 posted on 01/18/2013 3:58:24 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: beef

He was on Greta last night and he articulated why capitalism is a good thing in a logical, calm rational manner. If Greta has the interview posted it would be a must see. The best part is the second half.


9 posted on 01/18/2013 4:00:43 AM PST by jersey117
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To: generally

And they’re HQd here in Austin! I must pinch myself!


10 posted on 01/18/2013 4:00:57 AM PST by txhurl
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To: generally

I assumed they were. But if he made this statement the CEO either woke up or was silently never an Obozo supporter.


11 posted on 01/18/2013 4:01:08 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: generally

I thought Whole Foods was a liberal 0bama-supporting organization. Was I wrong?

**

Not always. We shop there often — food is just good (food bar is most excellent) and a great place to go if you need gluten free, speciality foods, supplements, etc.

Liberals don’t LIKE capitalism, but they NEED capitalism to fund their ridiculous programs ... in other words, they are DEPENDENT on it.

Kind of like disrespectful, lazy teenagers who rely on their fuddy duddy old dad when they need money or to borrow the car, but otherwise smart him off most times. They’re juvenile that way.


12 posted on 01/18/2013 4:07:46 AM PST by LibsRJerks
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To: LibsRJerks

Or to distill it down even further, Whole Foods doesn’t have food stamp customers: they must actually compete for actual cash: food stamp nation can’t afford to shop there.

Mackey has been damaged by the Dept of Agriculture.. ironic since WF’s product lines seek improvement of national agricultural processes.

Looks like a liberal got mugged here.


13 posted on 01/18/2013 4:14:51 AM PST by txhurl
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Not so much...he was an early disciple of Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman apparently:

http://www.fastcompany.com/1460600/john-mackeys-whole-foods-vision-reshape-capitalism


14 posted on 01/18/2013 4:19:49 AM PST by garandgal
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To: Texas Fossil

Fascism is socialism with a taste for leather.


15 posted on 01/18/2013 4:36:19 AM PST by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: pepsionice

Fascism is nationalistic socialism. That’s the easiest definition.


16 posted on 01/18/2013 4:55:16 AM PST by Tublecane
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To: generally

I like Whole Foods; but we live too far from there to justify driving there too often. So, we shop closer to home; Dollar General Mkt., Kroger, and Walmart. The last time I was in Whole Foods, the produce, meats, breads, everything, looked great. The best chicken I’ve ever had was organic. - Husband poo-poos organic for the most part; but has mellowed somewhat over the years.


17 posted on 01/18/2013 5:01:47 AM PST by Twinkie (JOHN 3:16)
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To: Texas Fossil
I like this comment by John:

You know you live in a country run by idiots...

When smoking Pot is legal and widely accepted
But smoking tobacco is treated like a criminal offense.

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You can get arrested for expired tags on your car
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18 posted on 01/18/2013 6:37:31 AM PST by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: GBA

Add to list:

You know you are in a country run by idiots....

When the powers that be deny a finger gun on the playground is a necessary part of emotional development for little boys. Testosterone cannot be feminized away.


19 posted on 01/18/2013 6:59:45 AM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Texas Fossil

This morning on Fox and Friends, the guy apologized for calling Obamacare “fascism.” He said it was a poor choice of words. (eyeroll)


20 posted on 01/18/2013 7:55:37 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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