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Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Says He Regrets Comparing Obamacare To 'Fascism'
Whole Foods founder and CEO John Mackey says he regrets comparing Obamacare to "fascism," but remains critical of the president's health care reform law.
Mackey compared Obamacare to "fascism" in a recent interview with NPR, saying that the government controls "the means of production" in health care. The comments sparked an outcry among Whole Foods shoppers, many of whom emailed The Huffington Post to say they plan to boycott the supermarket chain.
"I regret using that word now because it's got so much baggage attached to it," Mackey told HuffPost Live on Thursday. "Of course, I was just using the standard dictionary definition."
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The CEO who likely has the best health care that money can buy... opposes his employees even getting
reasonable health care...
From the World English Dictionary:
Fascism:
~ any right-wing nationalist ideology or movement with an authoritarian and hierarchical structure
that is fundamentally opposed to democracy and liberalism.
Sounds like it's the CEO who's the Fascist!
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democracy = healthcare?
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 Instead of complaining Whole Foods should have opted out of horrible Obamacare like thousands of employers have already done. |
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Instead of complaining Whole Foods should have opted out of horrible Obamacare like thousands of employers have already done.
I don't know if he was "complaining" but rather defining what type of government controlled economic system it is. People like to call it socialism, when it's actually fascism. |
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I don't know if he was "complaining" but rather defining what type of government controlled economic system it is. People like to call it socialism, when it's actually fascism.
Fascism is social engineering. |
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I don't know if he was "complaining" but rather defining what type of government controlled economic system it is. People like to call it socialism, when it's actually fascism.
I love Cicero's version of "fascism"... it fits his agenda, but not the dictionary... for Cic, a fascist is anyone who doesn't follow his view! Same with socialist, communist and most other 'ists'. |
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Instead of complaining Whole Foods should have opted out of horrible Obamacare like thousands of employers have already done.
but just like unemployment it requires payment to the goons.... I'm getting excited to have to fill out ANOTHER SECTION ON MY TAXES TO PROVE/DISPROVE THAT I HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE.... THAT'S F'EN FASCISM social engineering at it's least best......it's not about equality or access....... Timothy Leary |
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