Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz criticized the direction America is headed during an investors meeting this morning, reports the Puget Sound Business Journal. “There is a significant void of leadership in America,” he said. Schultz said businesses and business leaders can’t wait for Washington to step up and help because the “void of leadership is getting bigger and bigger.” Instead, Schultz suggested businesses should share their success by helping get the country back on track themselves. Question: How's that going to work?
Schultz criticizes a derailed America
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Taylor Winkel is a Journalism and Political Science student at the University of Washington. Follow her on Twitter: @twinkelnews. She can be emailed at Taylor.Winkel@crosscut.com.
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