18 January 2013

AUSTIN / MEDIA / POLITICS : Whole Foods CEO Mackey Calls Obamacare 'Fascism'...Then Recants.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264307/Whole-Foods-threatened-boycott-liberal-customers-CEO-compares-Obamacare-fascism.html

    Whole Foods Co-CEO John Mackey started the USA 'natural foods' supermarket giant...in Austin decades ago.
    He had the unique idea of selling organic foods...and charging plenty for them.
    His concept and stores...grew and grew.
    Whole Foods now has 340 stores...and employs 73,000 people.
    This week...Mackey hit the media trail...pushing his libertarian views in a new book.
    And...the effort has morphed into a PR disaster...again.
    On NPR...Mackey called Obamacare...Fascism.
    Almost immediately...he had to walk back his comments...on every media appearance... as many Whole Food customers grew outraged...and threatened boycotts.
    'That was a bad choice of words,' Mackey said.
   It's not the first time that Mackey has put his soiled sneaker into his mouth.
   In 2009...in an WSJ opinion piece...he labelled Obamacare...Socialism...outraging many...that inspired a short store boycott.