Starbucks

Howard Schultz founded Starbucks. When he was seven, living in a subsidized apartment complex in Brooklyn, one day his mother suddenly called him back to their apartment. There lay his father, a deliveryman, who had fallen on the ice and broken his ankle.
Instantly fired--no job, no paycheck, no health care. Schultz' mother couldn't work--she was seven months pregnant.
For months, they lived hand-to-mouth, borrowing from friends, fending off bill collectors.
Today Howard Schultz employs 140,000 people. Not one of them is paid just the minimum wage. Even working 20 hours a week, those employees are eligible for full health benefits.
Howard Schultz is who he is because of what he learned as a child.

What are our children learning?

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