My favourite moment in the health care “reform” debate was when John Mackey, the CEO of Whole Foods, wrote an editorial supporting free market health care, resulting in open minded and tolerant progressives going apeshit over him expressing an opinion they disagreed with (and who frequent Whole Foods). This led to liberals and the Democrat Party’s employers in the labor unions calling for boycotts, while conservatives called for a “buy-cott” to show support.
The punchline here was the Mackey outlined the heath care plan he provides his employees globally, and who all seem to love it, but that’s a minor detail.
Anyway, this led to another silly subgroup of voters we’re calling “Whole Foods Republicans,” voters who embrace a progressive lifestyle but not necessarily progressive politics. Sounds silly, but author Michael Petrilli makes some interesting points…
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