Whole Foods CEO angers customer base with stand on health care


	Whole Foods CEO angers customer base with stand on health care

kelvin273

8-15-2009 5:52 AM

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healthcare, whole foods, john mackey

kelvin273 says:

The sad thing is that Mackey's proposed alternative program, though I might quibble with a couple of points, isn't completely insane. He probably would have been more effective if he hadn't echoed the rhetoric of town-hall protesters.

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