Let me see if I have the logic correct here: Whole Foods is
consistently ranked among the
most employee-friendly places to work in the service industry. In fact, Whole Foods treats employees a
hell of a lot better than most liberal
activist groups do. The company has
strict environmental and
humane animal treatment standards about how its food is grown and raised. The company buys local. The store near me is hosting a local tasting event for its regional vendors. Last I saw, the company’s lowest wage earners make $13.15 per hour. They also get to vote on what type of health insurance they want. And they all get health insurance. The company is also constantly raising money for various philanthropic causes. When I was there today, they were taking donations for a school lunch program.
In short, Whole Foods is everything leftists talk about when they talk about “corporate responsibility.”
And yet lefties want to boycott the company because CEO John Mackey
wrote an op-ed that suggests alternatives to single payer health care? It wasn’t even a nasty or mean-spirited op-ed. Mackey didn’t spread misinformation about death panels, call anyone names, or use
ad hominem attacks. He put forth actual ideas and policy proposals, many of them tested and proven during his own experience running a large company.
Is this really the state of debate on the left, now? “Agree with us, or we’ll crush you?”