Starbucks SUCKS!

By ALLYSIA FINLEY

It's not unusual for customers to boycott businesses over their political giving, but Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is trying to start a new trend by boycotting Washington pols.
Politico reports that over the weekend Mr. Schultz sent an email to 50 business leaders, urging them to join him in "forgo[ing] political contributions until the Congress and the president return to Washington and deliver a fiscally disciplined long-term debt and deficit plan to the American people." The email followed an Aug. 8 memo sent to Starbucks employees that lamented "the lack of cooperation and irresponsibility among elected officials as they have put partisan agendas before the people's agenda. This is not the leadership we have come to expect, nor deserve."

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The coffee magnate's clarion call might be more credible if he hadn't given exclusively to Democrats over the past decade. Last year he contributed nearly $10,000 to Washington Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray. In recent years he's also contributed to President Obama, Montana Sen. Max Baucus, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden. The last Republican he contributed to, according to Federal Election Commission reports, was John McCain in 1999 when Mr. McCain was challenging George W. Bush for the GOP presidential nomination.
While it's encouraging to hear that Mr. Schultz won't be donating to Democrats anytime soon, he could do more good by shifting his contributions to political groups like GOP Rep. Paul Ryan's Prosperity Action PAC that are serious about reducing the nation's debt.
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