Drinking to compromise

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Joe Copeland Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Seattle Weeklytoday has a wry take on Starbucks' advocacy for a solution to the fiscal cliff standoff in D.C. As Associated Press reported, the coffee giant is asking baristas in the nation's capital to scribble "Come Together" on coffee cups. The Weekly's</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p><em>Seattle Weekly</em><a href="http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2012/12/starbucks_fiscal_cliff_message_come_together_washington_dc.php?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">today has a wry take</a> on Starbucks' advocacy for a solution to the fiscal cliff standoff in D.C. As Associated Press <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22261364/starbucks-cups-take-fiscal-cliff?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">reported</a>, the coffee giant is asking baristas in the nation's capital to scribble "Come Together" on coffee cups. The Weekly's Matt Driscoll writes:</p><p>And, naturally, the AP also reports that Schultz isn't taking a specific side in the fiscal cliff debate ... he just wants to make sure people aren't too scared to buy coffee. Yes, another Republican-induced recession would be bad for almost every business. Even if some of us would welcome having Starbucks offer afternoon specials as it did the last time the economy tanked.</p>
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Seattle Weeklytoday has a wry take on Starbucks' advocacy for a solution to the fiscal cliff standoff in D.C. As Associated Press reported, the coffee giant is asking baristas in the nation's capital to scribble "Come Together" on coffee cups. The Weekly's Matt Driscoll writes:

And, naturally, the AP also reports that Schultz isn't taking a specific side in the fiscal cliff debate ... he just wants to make sure people aren't too scared to buy coffee. Yes, another Republican-induced recession would be bad for almost every business. Even if some of us would welcome having Starbucks offer afternoon specials as it did the last time the economy tanked.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi