 For whatever reason Howard Schultz is back in the news again He's appearing on a cable news program relatively frequently again And this communicates to me that cable news for whatever reason is still taking him seriously They're still treating him as if he's a serious political contender in the 2020 election when I think he's Demonstrated over and over again that he's a joke. He doesn't know what he's talking about. He's not interested in The formulation of public policy. He doesn't even have any original policy ideas He just is complaining about the prospect of his own taxes being raised and he's complaining about things that he doesn't want to see happen We know he doesn't like the Green New Deal. We know he doesn't like Medicare for all But he hasn't proposed alternatives He hasn't proposed Alternatives and if you're running for president, wouldn't you want to come up with a platform things that you want to see happen yourself? and Think about how much of a joke this guy is and why nobody should take him seriously at a recent Fox News Town Hall He literally suggested that he would put an empty chair in the room when he's Negotiating in the event he becomes president and that empty chair would represent the American people I would bring the people into the room. I Would say you could not come in here with ideology or ego What I want to do is I want to put an empty chair in the room and that chair represents the American people Now on top of that when he was on Vell sheen rule recently on MSNBC He was finally called out and really I think Owen, but he was called out because he is He's characterizing American political polarization and both parties supposedly moving to opposite ends when they're both moving to the right Mind you and Republicans are getting more crazy But nonetheless he is trying to frame this as just an American problem And the reason why there's so much instability in American government is because both parties are extreme But what Ali Bell she did was he pointed out that what you're describing here is not unique to the United States Bifurcation is happening Everywhere because income and wealth inequality is a global problem and when he was confronted He melted down because he's a billionaire. How dare you confront him? How dare you not take this guy who's clearly clueless seriously a lot of Americans Knew this a long time before you really rich guys started talking about how bifurcated America is and that's where we are today So do you get why some people don't really think that you got all the answers that you rich guys who are I don't know Told you that America is bifurcated. Yeah, somebody came to you and told you that there's a problem But I grew up in federal I'm self-made and I built the company that employed over three million people last 40 years and gave health care ownership and Free college tuition to every employee what you get when I get it rich guys have kind of get into the bifurcation Conversation that I must have been having for Decades, but this is about a lack of leadership and a government of two sides Democrats and Republicans who are unwilling to face The issues and solve America's problem. Why do we have a twenty twenty two trillion dollar debt? Why do we have a health care crisis? Why do we have K through 12? That's not working Why is there a standing in the world not working because of both parties? Ideology un unwilling to work together. That's why I'm considering running for president That's true. Why is Britain bifurcated? Why is France bifurcated? Why is Germany bifurcated? Why were the Arab countries bifurcated? It's not actually about Democrats and Republicans It's about rich people who don't pay taxes who don't understand that it's not about charity It's actually about wealth distribution, right? Why that's your explanation. Why is it my way? We now we're gonna talk about what's going on But you're telling me that our bifurcation economic bifurcation in America is because of Democrats and Republicans not agreeing on policies Why is Britain bifurcated? I'm talking about the lack of leadership and understanding of the fiscal Responsibility of elected officials to do the right thing for the American But that's that's not the answer in all those countries and yet the world is bifurcated I'm not here talking about all these countries You're saying I'm talking about America economically bifurcated is because of Republican and Democrat policies And I'm telling you it's a global issue of wealth concentration not actually about political Disagreement on policies. Do you want to talk about each country? You want to put China up here? We can cut this any way you want right that the how many you're wrong in America You're wrong have the wealth of the bottom half of society How many rich people in the world have the same wealth as the bottom three and a half billion in society? Oxfam says it's under 10 I didn't create policies that we are now under so the guys are moron the guys an absolute Moron and I've been using a lot of ad hominem attacks lately So I'm going to try to rein it in just so you know, but I mean I genuinely believe That he is clueless like I don't think he's intelligent because if you just listen to him talk, it's like He he doesn't know anything about politics. He doesn't know anything about politics He reminds me of someone who read a book or watched one documentary and based his entire world view off of that But I mean it's probably not even that complicated It's just he saw that AOC was proposing a 70% marginal tax rate He got offended and decided you know what I'm gonna jump in the race myself and Stop these new progressive politicians from raising my taxes. It's probably that simple, but I don't know however after Basically assuming rightfully so I think that he's clueless Now there's a question in my head. Is he really clueless? Is he dumb or is he just being disingenuous and the reason why I'm now questioning his intelligence and whether or not he Is actually just actively lying or if he really is that clueless is because he put out a medium post about Bernie Sanders Medicare for all plan that is so bizarre If he really is that stupid then I honestly feel bad for him So this is what he says in a medium post Bernie Sanders Medicare for all proposal would strip health insurance coverage From more than 180 million Americans and cost taxpayers more than 32 trillion to implement That's actually not true with no way to pay for it No chance of getting bipartisan support in Congress and the potential for significant ramifications in treatment and innovation also not true This proposal confirms what we already knew Sanders and the far left wing of the Democratic Party are out of touch with reality Being a leader requires making hard choices and being honest Bernie Sanders plan Doesn't either and only serves to advance a far left agenda What you just said Is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard at no point In your rambling incoherent response Were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it now before we get to the Substance here if you can locate any of that here I just got to show you that he tweeted out this article and it got ratio to oblivion and You know, of course I had to partake in that because if I have an opportunity that presents itself to me that allows me to dunk on Howard Schultz I'm gonna take it now. I love how with that last sentence there. He's basically implying that Bernie Sanders He's not about being a true leader. He's just doing the bidding of big poor That's what it seems like he's saying You know, he's standing up for big america the american people lobby who just wants their will implemented I mean, what a joke and he again like a cbs this morning reporter. I talked about recently on the program He characterizes the expansion of health care to 100 percent of americans where it's free at the point of service as stripping health insurance coverage Do you not understand how stupid you sound howward? I mean This is why I genuinely now i'm wondering is he just dumb or is he being disingenuous Because if you're the ceo of a company like starbucks, you have to have at least a little bit of intelligence, right? So to say something this absurd I mean, I can't help but question is he really this fucking stupid. I don't I genuinely don't know I'm still leaning more towards. He's just dumb But I think you also have to throw in a little bit of disingenuity as well because to say something like this To describe the expansion of health care As stripping away health care. I don't know. I don't know what it is dumb disingenuous I honestly want to hear what you guys say So, um, I will be reading the comments because I'm perplexed the response and the um objections to medicare for all They're getting so absurd that it's it's comical if I had to construct a parody That's what it would look like. That's something I would say Now he also says that it would cost taxpayers 32 trillion to implement. Well riddle me this genius. First of all, how much does our current health care system cost over 10 years? It costs 60 trillion dollars. How much would a medicare for all system cost? Um, it would cost less than that. It would save americans 2 trillion overall over 10 years and that's according to a conservative libertarian coke funded study by the mercatus center So there are other more accurate studies that demonstrate it would save us even more So it's not gonna cost us what's costing us more now is paying that private monthly health insurance premium Where when we see a doctor we have to pay more for copays. We have to pay for our deductibles and in some instances We can't even get the care that we need if we need a particular procedure Your health insurance company is at liberty to act as a death panel And deny you the coverage that your doctor says you need. How insane is that? So not only would medicare for all be more efficient It would reduce administrative costs, but it would save us money So he clearly I don't think he's read anything about medicare for all He just pairs the same idiotic line about that 32 trillion figure that he hears everyone else. Um Talking about the 32 trillion figure it Speaks to the money that we have that's already swirling around in our health system So the 32 trillion what that signifies is that if you switch from private to medicare for all federal spending will increase but at the same time State and local spending individual private spending it decreases So that difference Is the 32 trillion, but it doesn't speak to the overall cost of our health care system, which is um 60 trillion So this guy's an idiot or is he is he just Dissingenuous I kind of feel like it's a combination of both at the same time He's all so clueless. So Howard Schultz I mean he's someone that he would just go away if the mainstream media stopped interviewing him stopped covering him Then I know that I'm part of the problem, but since he is coming on cable news programs And he's disseminating this misinformation I feel as though I'm compelled to say that what he is talking about is factually incorrect It's deceitful. So he's like Sarah Palin once the media stopped Um, he would be like Sarah Palin is my hopes once the media stopped focusing on her She went away if we do that with Howard Schultz. He would just go away So Either way, it doesn't look like he's going away anytime soon because I'm assuming he's a good ratings driver So what the left needs to do is boycott starbucks And I'm not talking about these conservative ask boycotts where you burn your nikes I'm talking about a real organized effort Because this guy if you hit him where it hurts he'll understand that americans mean business when we tell him to Fuck off and starbucks rightfully tried to distance themselves from him, but he still holds majority shares So if we boycott starbucks that still affects his wallet it affects him personally So that's something that I think we seriously need to consider not some half-baked boycott We need a real organized effort to boycott starbucks. I know I've stopped going to starbucks I don't go there very frequently anyway because I think paying five dollars for burnt coffee is just too much But I think that we all need to we need to really make some noise because he's not going away unless we take action And boycotting starbucks. I think would be a really effective way at getting this due to shut the fuck up once and for all You could support the humanist report at patreon.com Slashed humanist report But trust me I'd have way more supporters at patreon if that was my podcast said