I recently heard about the uproar by Whole Foods customers based on this opinion piece written by the Whole Foods CEO where he said that health care is not a right. There were articles talking about people boycotting Whole Foods because the CEO does not share their view that health care is a right. Here are some articles:
1. Customers call for Whole Foods boycott
2. Whole Food Boycott Grows
3. A Shoppers' Rebellion at Whole Foods
I heard about this before I ever read the opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, but I thought it was silly because it showed the liberals/progressives as not being very tolerant after all. If they were tolerant of other views, why would they urge a boycott of Whole Foods just because the CEO does not think health care is a right? Do they understand that one of his main reasons for NOT supporting a national health system is that it would degrade the health care provided to his employees?
I went on to read the opinion piece and I have to say that John Mackey, the CEO has some very good points. The main one that I agree with is that health care should not be a right if the more basic needs like food and water are not rights. Also, if you look at the basics necessities of life, food, water, shelter, security, etc..., none of them are rights. Obviously you won't find them in the US Bill of Rights, so I also looked at the United Nations Universal Delcration of Human Rights and still didn't find any reference to health care as a right.
So to all the liberals out there that feel health care is a right, you first have to prove that the more basic necessities are a right first. Good luck with that. I do support nationalized health care, but not based on having it as a right. We also don't have the right to well maintained roads but I support that too.
I support nationalized health care for 2 main reasons:
1. There is no such thing as lifetime employment anymore, and when people move from job to job they have to deal with new health plans (assuming their employer offers coverage) and lots of complexity. Why not make things simple by having health care that people can keep no matter where they work and whether they have a job or not? I think every one of us, at some point in our lives, will be thankful for having a national health system.
2. We already have medicare, social security, public schools, etc... So you can't say that the government has no place here because the government is everywhere else.
So I stop at supporting a national health system. I don't want to get into how it will be paid for, the deficiencies of other national health systems, etc... But I think the basic idea of a national health system is something that makes sense and that we should move toward. I've leave it to the liberals to be intolerant and boycott people that don't agree with them.
1. Customers call for Whole Foods boycott
2. Whole Food Boycott Grows
3. A Shoppers' Rebellion at Whole Foods
I heard about this before I ever read the opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, but I thought it was silly because it showed the liberals/progressives as not being very tolerant after all. If they were tolerant of other views, why would they urge a boycott of Whole Foods just because the CEO does not think health care is a right? Do they understand that one of his main reasons for NOT supporting a national health system is that it would degrade the health care provided to his employees?
I went on to read the opinion piece and I have to say that John Mackey, the CEO has some very good points. The main one that I agree with is that health care should not be a right if the more basic needs like food and water are not rights. Also, if you look at the basics necessities of life, food, water, shelter, security, etc..., none of them are rights. Obviously you won't find them in the US Bill of Rights, so I also looked at the United Nations Universal Delcration of Human Rights and still didn't find any reference to health care as a right.
So to all the liberals out there that feel health care is a right, you first have to prove that the more basic necessities are a right first. Good luck with that. I do support nationalized health care, but not based on having it as a right. We also don't have the right to well maintained roads but I support that too.
I support nationalized health care for 2 main reasons:
1. There is no such thing as lifetime employment anymore, and when people move from job to job they have to deal with new health plans (assuming their employer offers coverage) and lots of complexity. Why not make things simple by having health care that people can keep no matter where they work and whether they have a job or not? I think every one of us, at some point in our lives, will be thankful for having a national health system.
2. We already have medicare, social security, public schools, etc... So you can't say that the government has no place here because the government is everywhere else.
So I stop at supporting a national health system. I don't want to get into how it will be paid for, the deficiencies of other national health systems, etc... But I think the basic idea of a national health system is something that makes sense and that we should move toward. I've leave it to the liberals to be intolerant and boycott people that don't agree with them.
