Ben and Jerry's doesn't make people fat and diabetic, people make themselves fat a diabetic. Same is true with McDonald's. I actually believe in the concept of personal responsibility. The reason why Ben and Jerry's is a better company is because they don't treat their employees like dog**** and they don't care more about their bottom line than they do with doing what's "right". Costco is another example of a mega-company that actually deserves my business.
And because I actually believe in the concept of personal responsibility, I try to buy locally produced products as much as possible, though, and if a local product is unavailable, I try to go through a locally owned business. But when even that option is not available to me, I give my patronage to companies like Costco.
That's what personal responsibility requires. Me doing what I can to make a difference. Business owners and investors had their ****ing chance to use personal responsibility to prevent something like Obamacare from happening by taking a hit on their own bottom lines in order to offer affordable healthcare to their employees. They forsook their personal responsibility, and now it is being forced upon them.
So be it. If someone refuses to take personal responsibility when they have ample opportunity to do so, then I agree with forcing said responsibility upon them. They aren't ethical enough to do it on their own.
If that responsibility puts them out of business, so be it, they weren't a worthy company.
No mega company should ever be given a pass. The only exception to this are the small companies where the owners are only making a moderate income themselves. Like the very small construction companies around here where the owner is only making $100,000 or so (while his employees are averaging $50,000 to $60,000). That person doesn't have the capital necessary to provide healthcare. That business is not unethical, though. The owner is making more than his employees, as he should be, but not exponentially more. If you take that same outfit and have the owner making $500,000 a year, then he should have to provide healthcare for his employees. I don't care if he only makes $250,000 a year because of it. That's where he should have been in the first place, IMO. He was greedy and forsook his personal responsibility. :shrug: