That's the way democrats roll.... Create nothing, criticize everything.....
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...ld-not-be-attacking-starbucks-for-its-success
Howard Roark, Ayn Rand’s character in The Fountainhead, points out the ingratitude that man has for the entrepreneur , for the creator: “Thousands of years ago the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burnt at the stake he'd taught his brothers to light, but he left them a gift they had not conceived and he lifted darkness from the face of the Earth.”
Starbucks didn’t discover fire, but it did find that somehow, somewhere in the depths of man’s soul, he would pay as much for a double mocha latte as he once did for a week’s worth of coffee.
My wife Kelley and I tried to get my grandparents some fancy coffee once. My grandfather, a survivor of the Depression, informed us in no uncertain terms that he drank Maxwell House — $3.99 for at least a week’s worth of coffee.
The Pauls, though German, often missed the zeitgeist, and so, while we continued to purchase Maxwell House, our contemporaries bought Starbucks stock. Who knew people would pay $6 for one cup of coffee?
The bottom line is that although convincing the public to buy very expensive coffee is not history's greatest innovation, it still deserves respect. Instead, Congress held a hearing last week not to praise Starbucks, but to bury it. The hearing, convened by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), was designed to attack a private company for its success , even though that success has benefited both its customers and its employees alike.
Starbucks is a Fortune 500 company that pays its baristas a minimum $15 per hour and an average of $17 per hour. The company offers health insurance, a 401(k) plan, six full weeks of paid parental leave (even for part-time workers), family sick time benefits, and vacation. Starbucks even invests in its employees’ education by covering 100% tuition and fees for a first-time bachelor’s degree through a partnership with Arizona State University.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...ld-not-be-attacking-starbucks-for-its-success
Howard Roark, Ayn Rand’s character in The Fountainhead, points out the ingratitude that man has for the entrepreneur , for the creator: “Thousands of years ago the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burnt at the stake he'd taught his brothers to light, but he left them a gift they had not conceived and he lifted darkness from the face of the Earth.”
Starbucks didn’t discover fire, but it did find that somehow, somewhere in the depths of man’s soul, he would pay as much for a double mocha latte as he once did for a week’s worth of coffee.
My wife Kelley and I tried to get my grandparents some fancy coffee once. My grandfather, a survivor of the Depression, informed us in no uncertain terms that he drank Maxwell House — $3.99 for at least a week’s worth of coffee.
The Pauls, though German, often missed the zeitgeist, and so, while we continued to purchase Maxwell House, our contemporaries bought Starbucks stock. Who knew people would pay $6 for one cup of coffee?
The bottom line is that although convincing the public to buy very expensive coffee is not history's greatest innovation, it still deserves respect. Instead, Congress held a hearing last week not to praise Starbucks, but to bury it. The hearing, convened by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), was designed to attack a private company for its success , even though that success has benefited both its customers and its employees alike.
Starbucks is a Fortune 500 company that pays its baristas a minimum $15 per hour and an average of $17 per hour. The company offers health insurance, a 401(k) plan, six full weeks of paid parental leave (even for part-time workers), family sick time benefits, and vacation. Starbucks even invests in its employees’ education by covering 100% tuition and fees for a first-time bachelor’s degree through a partnership with Arizona State University.
