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In the discussion thread: Starbucks CEO Issues Open Letter, Calls For Job Creation [View all]

Fri Jun 29, 2012, 06:41 PM

Bake (21,701 posts)

13. Sure, it's easy to rag on Starbucks. But consider the substance of what he's saying.

He's right about a lot of it. America IS broken and dysfunctional. There is no more "promise." And the "American spirit?" He's wrong about that. He didn't go far enough. It's dead.

Bake

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15 replies	Author	Time	Post
Starbucks CEO Issues Open Letter, Calls For Job Creation [View all]	iandhr	Jun 2012	OP
I wonder how many Starbucks employees...	arcane1	Jun 2012	#1
While his employees rely on tip jars to get by.	devilgrrl	Jun 2012	#2
Actually, my husband's son worked there	Ship of Fools	Jun 2012	#3
Doubt it.	ForgoTheConsequence	Jun 2012	#4
I understand the food service industry, believe me.	Ship of Fools	Jun 2012	#11
Go on....	ForgoTheConsequence	Jun 2012	#12
No, no stockholder by any means! Just an old and crippled hippie.	Ship of Fools	Jun 2012	#15
His company sells products that are bad for you at inflated prices.	CBGLuthier	Jun 2012	#5
All America needs is a better $9 cup of coffee	SoCalDem	Jun 2012	#6
He seems to grasp that poor people can't buy his $9 cups of coffee...	phantom power	Jun 2012	#8
They do have one tool.	ForgoTheConsequence	Jun 2012	#10
He is in a position to both create more jobs and pay his employees a tad more.	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#7
And I call for increased taxes on billionaires to fund a	TBF	Jun 2012	#9
Sure, it's easy to rag on Starbucks. But consider the substance of what he's saying.	Bake	Jun 2012	#13
If he doesn't send it straight to Boehner, he's wasting his time. n/t	EFerrari	Jun 2012	#14

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