You know how when a situation is desperate the Pope tells people to pray? And you know how much good that does? Well according to CNBC Starbucks will use its ubiquitous coffee
cups to tell U.S. lawmakers to come up with a deal to avoid going over the
"fiscal cliff'' and triggering automatic tax hikes and spending cuts.
Chief Executive Howard Schultz is urging workers in
Starbucks' roughly 120 Washington-area shops to write "come together'' on
customers' cups on Thursday and Friday, as U.S. President Barack Obama and
lawmakers return to work and attempt to revive fiscal cliff negotiations that collapsed
before the Christmas holiday.
Whether members of Congress actually drink in the message is
another matter. While the concentration of Starbucks cafes is high in the
vicinity of the White House, it's relatively low near the U.S. Capitol. Members
of the House and Senate enjoy private dining facilities and many of their
offices have coffee machines….
More? Check out http://www.cnbc.com/id/100339489
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