In recent years, Howard Schultz, the founder and chief executive officer of Starbucks, has battled to change how we drink coffee. Now he is engaged in a much tougher mission. Last week in Washington, D.C., the charismatic Schultz took to a platform at a vast investment conference, and made a highly emotional appeal for political reform. More specifically, he repeated a call he first uttered last year - namely that businesses and investors stop funding politicians, unless the politicians pledge to break the poisonous gridlock that is now besetting Washington.
近年來,星巴克(Starbucks)創辦人兼執行長霍華•舒茲(Howard Schultz)一直在致力於改變人們喝咖啡的方式。如今,他正投身於一項艱鉅得多的使命。近日在華盛頓,頗富魅力的舒茲在一次大型投資會議上發表講話,強烈呼籲政治改革。更確切地說,他是在重複去年首次提出的主張,即呼籲企業和投資者不再資助政客,除非他們承諾打破目前困擾美國政界的極其有害的僵局。