The shoppers there pay twice as much for food...but it’s organic and sustainable! Whatever that means.
If they can afford to do so, they can easily afford private insurance. Shouldn’t these people have a job?
Not necessarily, sometimes it's cheaper at whole foods. And they have stuff that normal groceries just don't have, like low sodium food.
In the opening episode of the Goode Family, the Goodes were shopping in a One Earth grocery store, and liberal Gerald was unhappy about the prices but was shut down by his wife when he meekly suggested they shop at the wholesale grocery store across the street. They showed a whole line of green apples that looked identical, but the first bin said they were grown by a corporation and these apples were the cheapest. Each subsequent bin had a new layer of liberal guilt and a higher price, with the final bin being “organically grown, fair trade, etc.” at an outrageous price. To Gerald’s chagrin, those are the ones his wife took. Funny stuff.
Hey, I would rather shop at Trader Joes. Half the price and most stuff organic (if that matters to you), and there is two buck Chuck.