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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHoward Schultz attacks policy views as "not American" and "unAmerican."
Right out of the gate, Schultz has shown a fondness for attacking views and policies with which he disagrees as not American and unAmerican.
So far, he has used this slam against health care policy Kamala Harris has proposed and against the policy advisor to Ocasio-Cortez. It seems to be his knee-jerk response, which speaks volumes about his underlying views of the needs of people less well off than him.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/427420-schultz-calls-harriss-call-to-get-rid-of-health-insurance-industry-not
Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks CEO who made waves this weekend after declaring he was seriously considering an independent presidential bid, slammed Sen. Kamala Harriss (D-Calif.) proposal to eliminate private health insurance.
Thats not correct, thats not American. Whats next? What industry are we going to abolish next? he asked Tuesday on CBS This Morning.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-howard-schultz-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-20190129-story.html
Schultz also knocked the views of a policy adviser to Ocasio-Cortez as "un-American." The adviser, Dan Riffle, has said that he considers every billionaire to be a "policy failure."
"It's so un-American to think that way," Schultz said when presented with a quote from Riffle.
Yet Schultz has made cutting Social Security and Medicare a central point in what he hopes to accomplish. And he has pushed this for years.
To do so ignores that these successful programs have provided Americans a modicum of security for generations. It also ignores the large number of Americans who would be put at risk by losing the means for basic shelter and health care.
From a basic business view, having this position as his starting point in negotiating with Republicans to bring about supposed compromise and consensus, just picture how bad final agreements would likely be.
The following are from 2018 and 2011 and he has talked about cutting Social Security and Medicare in the past in local media in Seattle as well. Its at the core of what he wants to do.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/howard-schultz-rips-democrats-for-veering-too-far-left.html
I think the greatest threat domestically to the country is this $21 trillion debt hanging over the cloud of America and future generations," Schultz said. "The only way we're going to get out of that is we've got to grow the economy, in my view, 4 percent or greater. And then we have to go after entitlements."
https://money.cnn.com/2011/08/16/news/economy/starbucks_boycott_washington/index.htm
He said politicians can still make it right by coming together and reaching a compromise deal that would lift the cloud of uncertainty that has hamstrung the economy.
"It means reaching a deal on debt, revenue, and spending long before the deadline arrives this fall," the letter said. "It means considering all options, from entitlement programs to taxes."
standingtall
(2,787 posts)nt
suffragette
(12,232 posts)struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)dalton99a
(81,708 posts)then you're not a team player i.e. you're fired"
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Goodheart
(5,352 posts)just as we made the right to vote universal for all races and genders.
Before you fuck off, Mr. Schultz, have I mentioned that I won't step foot into Starbucks until you do?
suffragette
(12,232 posts)4TheArts
(75 posts)I certainly don't see this dude having any interest of mine at heart, or understanding any ordinary citizen.