More Than 100 Business Leaders Sign Schultz's No Campaign Donations Pledge

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: Business Insider

More than 100 business leaders — including AOL CEO Tim Armstrong — have signed onto Starbucks CEO CEO Howard Schultz's letter pledging to withhold campaign donations to candidates of either party until they “strike a bipartisan, balanced long-term debt deal that addresses both entitlements and revenues,” POLITICO reports.

Schultz launched his initiative last week, calling on fellow CEOs and business people to join him in sending a message to Washington.

“As many of our political leaders campaign and vacation, the U.S. economy remains in a cycle of fear and uncertainty,” Schultz wrote in a Wednesday letter addressed to “fellow leaders” obtained by POLITICO, adding his campaign has “triggered a national dialogue and a groundswell of support.

Schultz's letter also calls on business leaders to take unilateral steps to jump-start the economy — taking the place of a gridlocked Washington.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/more-than-100-business-leaders-sign-schultzs-no-campaign-donations-pledge-2011-8

[Ian David]

1. They're just going to donate ANONYMOUSLY to SuperPACs. n/t

[Donnachaidh]

3. +100

or make it clear to their employees to give set amounts, so that there cannot be any hint of *bundling*.

[Fuddnik]

2. I signed a pledge never to walk into a Starbucks again.

Raise this assholes taxes, and stop talking about cutting the safety net!

[Zorra]

5. I'm totally done with Starbucks now too.

I like the little progressive and mom and pop type coffee shops better anyway

[bread_and_roses]

7. Amen to that, Brother. (n/t)

[_ed_]

4. Starbucks coffee tastes like burned shit

Support a local merchant instead.

[global1]

6. A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words........

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_31YKhnbrW0s/TJwNgaJUJxI/AAAAAAAAC9g/_o7nt7NsU1g/s1600/GOP+Lemon+PLedge.jpg

[AlbertCat]

8. strike a bipartisan, balanced long-term debt deal

Oooooo... the Teabaggers scared the CEOs with their default shenanigans!

Time for Tom Tomorrow!

[zalinda]

9. What the business Insider failed to mention

Schultz has long donated to Democrats, handing over around $100,000 over the past 15 years to Democratic candidates and committees, according to the Center for Responsive politics. The Center lists a single Republican donation by Schultz: $1,000 to Sen. John McCain in 1999.

On Wednesday, website www.upwardspiral2011.org and an accompanying Facebook page were launched to connect citizens, businesses and organizations over Schultz' pledge.


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/starbucks-ceo-says-100-businesses-withhold-campaign-donations-155827913.html

zalinda