Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Calls For Boycott On Campaign Contributions
By: Dan Froomkin - First Posted: 08/15/11 on HuffPo. The CEO of Starbucks wants Washington to wake up and smell the coffee. Infuriated by what he described as irresponsible behavior, Howard Schultz is calling on his fellow CEOs -- and other would-be donors -- to boycott all campaign
contributions to either party until the nation's elected leaders put aside their political posturing and find some common ground on long-term fiscal issues.
Schultz wrote in a widely distributed email dated Monday that, like "so many common-sense Americans," he wants elected leaders to consider "all options, from entitlement programs to taxes," and reach a wide-ranging budget deal "long before the deadline arrives this fall."
Schultz concluded with a promise: "We today pledge to withhold any further campaign contributions to the President and all members of Congress until a fair, bipartisan deal is reached that sets our nation on stronger long-term fiscal footing. "
