The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: ABX on January 28, 2019, 03:34:40 pm
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The buzz for 2020 has now shifted to Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO. But where does he stand on the issues? Key issues noted below. See if you can find a pattern.
Howard Schultz on Abortion - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on Crime - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on Drugs - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on Energy & Oil - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on Families & Children - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on Government Reform - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on Gun Control - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on Immigration - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on Jobs - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on Social Security - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on Tax Reform - No issue stance yet recorded
Howard Schultz on War & Peace - No issue stance yet recorded
From: http://www.ontheissues.org/Howard_Schultz.htm (http://www.ontheissues.org/Howard_Schultz.htm)
BUT, we do have this one very powerful statement... lol
Howard Schultz on Environment - Paper sleeves instead of polystyrene coffee cups
There are one or two areas where he is OK
Howard Schultz on Budget & Economy - Debt ceiling agreement and balanced budget will save economy
Howard Schultz on Education - Supporting individual's efforts to reform education locally.
Then there are these gems.....
Howard Schultz on Health Care - Expand coverage to include part-time employees. (Jan 1999) Offer employee coverage for terminal illnesses. (Jan 1999)
Howard Schultz on Homeland Security - Volunteer army means 98% of us have no skin in the game. (Nov 2014) (IE, likely supports mandatory national service).
(http://www.ontheissues.org/images/s050_040.gif)
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Wasn't Shultz the genius who was going to have his baristas educate customers on race relations... The twenty something year old know-nothings were going to educate their elders...
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It's way to early for an article like this but, some journalists do good jobs, others are just shooting the breeze.... really, slow news day.
Ex–Starbucks CEO Could Get Trump Re-elected
Howard Schultz thinks politics are broken, and may run for president as an independent. Democrats think that’s a terrible idea.
Edward-Isaac Dovere
Jan 26, 2019
Before there was Jill Stein, there was Ralph Nader. Before there was Nader, there was Ross Perot.
None won. All argued that the Republican Party and the Democratic Party were basically the same, and the only way to make real change was to ditch them both. Each was blamed for siphoning off enough votes to throw the presidential elections.
These days, the difference between the parties is starker than it’s ever been in modern times. Yet here comes Howard Schultz, a billionaire who feels that he might be the answer to American politics, and that he’d run for president as an independent.
Read more at: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/howard-schultzs-independent-run-could-help-trump/581374/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/howard-schultzs-independent-run-could-help-trump/581374/)
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Wasn't Shultz the genius who was going to have his baristas educate customers on race relations... The twenty something year old know-nothings were going to educate their elders...
https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/is-starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz-the-white-al-sharpton-of-race-relations
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The world needs more Charles M. Schulz's and less of the Howard Schultz types.
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https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/is-starbucks-ceo-howard-schultz-the-white-al-sharpton-of-race-relations
Thanks for the confirmation. I thought that was he.
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The Democrats will stop him from running as an Independent.
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PERFECT!
I know who my guy isn't.