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Starbucks CEO: Hold Back Donations To D.C. Pols (VIDEO)

08/15/2011 10:17 am 0 comments

Source: CBS News

Starbucks Chairman and is brewing up a boycott of contributions to the campaigns of Washington politicians as a way of breaking the ongoing stalemate in D.C. politics.

If money talks, Schultz figures, it’s time to shut off the cash in protest of the inaction in the nation’s capital.

As CBS News Correspondent Ben Tracy reported on “The Early Show” Monday, Schultz’s frustration seems to mirror that of most Americans tired of the lack of productivity from their elected officials.

A whopping 82 percent of Americans disapprove of the way Congress is doing its job, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll — Congress’ worst rating in 40 years.

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