Posted on 01/16/2013 10:24:13 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The CEO of Whole Foods Market said President Obama's healthcare law is more like "fascism" than "socialism," a parallel he drew in 2009, to some backlash.
John Mackey made the remark in an interview Wednesday with NPR.
"Technically speaking, it's more like fascism," Mackey said of the Affordable Care Act. "Socialism is where the government owns the means of production. In fascism, the government doesn't own the means of production, but they do control it, and that's what's happening with our healthcare programs and these reforms."
The term "fascism" was first used to describe the right-wing regime of Italian leader Benito Mussolini, and was later applied to the Nazis and the authoritarian leadership of Francisco Franco in Spain.
Mackey made headlines in 2009 for a Wall Street Journal op-ed that compared healthcare reform to socialism.
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BTW, “Dunce” should be pronounced as “done Ché,” a title of honor to his acolytes.
I like John Mackey. He made headlines long before the 2009. piece.
He beat up on the punks at the DOJ who were trying to make themselves a career. He has balls. He’s kind of a conservative tree-hugger.
Here’s a 2007 video I uploaded regarding Mackey:
Whole Food’s CEO & The Predatory Lawyers
http://youtu.be/MyVkxCKCUtI
No surprise here. Mackey is a self confessed libertarian - the antithesis of Socialism/Fascism.
hahah. Whole Foods. its all about exploiting the nutty organic types. Purely business. Satisfying the customer. I suspect the CEO is a libertarian at heart.
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