
Love him or hate him, Howard Schultz IS the embodiment of the American Dream.
Unlike AOC, who grew up in one of the wealthiest communities in the country, the now BILLIONAIRE CEO of Starbucks grew up IN THE PROJECTS. He was born “in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in federally subsidized housing in hardscrabble Canarsie.” Unlike AOC, he was the FIRST in his family to go to college. After graduation, he was a salesman, and slowly but surely built the STARBUCKS EMPIRE we know today.
HE IS A QUINTESSENTIAL RAGS TO RICHES STORY.
His father Fred never graduated from high school and held a series of blue-collar jobs including truck driver, factory worker and cab driver. He never made more than $20,000 a year, and with three children to feed, Fred was never able to afford to buy a home.
He didn’t know then that he would become a businessman and job-creator, but, he writes, “I knew in my heart that if I was ever in a position where I could make a difference, I wouldn’t leave people behind.”
Schultz went on to graduate from Northern Michigan University, which he attended on a full football scholarship. He became the first person to graduate college in his family. He writes, “To my parents, I had attained the big prize: a diploma.”
Before Starbucks, Schultz worked in sales and marketing at Xerox for three years. He went on to be the Vice President and General Manager of Hammarplast U.S.A., a Swedish housewares company.
Schultz moved from New York to Seattle to join Starbucks in 1982 as director of operations and marketing. Back then, the company only had four stores.
HE IS THE DREAM.
If Democrats were who they SAY they are, he’d be their hero.
They are treating him like a traitor.
Why? Because he’s saying that it’s because of Progressive Democrats like human bag-of-rocks AOC that he wants to run for President as an independent.
I didn’t think this was possible, but her Twitter reaction to his campaign managed to make her look even DUMBER than she already did. I legitimately thought she was at rock bottom. I was wrong.

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW.
BECAUSE HE ALREADY WORKED HIS WAY UP, YOU IGNORANT HAG.
Well, Schultz was the first in his family to go to college. His father was a truck driver. He lived in public housing as a child.
After college, he started as a Xerox salesman…
Need I go on, or have I embarrassed the always-ignorant but doesn’t care about it AOC enough? https://t.co/A8DgBNCVa6
— Nathan, son of Robert (@NathanWurtzel) January 30, 2019
Wow! His dad drove truck and he lived in public housing.
That’s called “working your way up, Nathan?
— Michael Wiley (@MinneMike) January 30, 2019
Building a $83 billion global company from basically nothing is … something? https://t.co/s4VmeBNt86
— Steve Goldstein (@MKTWgoldstein) January 30, 2019
They do tell billionaires that. They tell billionaires that a lot. https://t.co/BlSfrb3DwT
— Learning to code (@jtLOL) January 30, 2019
I mean… holy CRAP.