Broken Not Crushed life as a statement, not an apology

From the “put your money — not someone else’s — where your mouth is” section:

John Mackey has become one of my heroes lately. Not because I agree with him on everything, but because he had the guts to take a risk and publicly deviate from the health-care party line. He knew it could affect his business, and he spoke up anyway.

With good ideas. Ideas he was implementing in his own business. Ideas that could help. Ideas that apparently were beneath the Left to entertain.

Now he’s in the news again, this time for voluntarily giving up half of his salary. Not “voluntarily” in the way that taxation is “investment”, or in the “let’s extract dues from our workers and give it to causes I like” way, but really voluntarily.

He believes that:

Because of the yawning gap between the leaders and the led, employee morale is suffering, talented performers’ loyalty is evaporating, and strategy and execution is suffering at American companies

and he may be right. What’s brilliant is that he isn’t lobbying Congress to do something about it and punish these “greedy” CEOs. He could do that, since organic/green businesses like his have credibility these days, but he’s not.

He’s leading by example. Putting HIS money where his priorities are. And trying to make the world a better place.

Well done, Mr. Mackey.

Full article here: Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Donates Half of Pay to Charity.

*If you read the article, be sure to note the difference between his gross and his after-tax. Then remind yourself how much of the tax burden is shouldered by the “rich”.