Sen. Mitt Romney Defends Howard Schultz
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- Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) defense former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: "There's some irony to a non-coffee drinking Mormon conservative defending a Democrat candidate for president in perhaps one of the most liberal companies in America. It’s somewhat rich that you’re being grilled by people who have never had the opportunity to create a single job. And yet they believe that they know better how to do so."
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Romney showing why he lost in 2012
I really think Mormons are fools, but you gave me hope that at least Mormons are moral.
I now believe Mormon simply put on a clean and caring show. Mormons are as unfit as the rest of us but have some really silly ideas
How? I’m not a fan of what he’s done as senator, but I thought he did well here and think he’s much more likeable when he’s not picking fights with Trump.
Why? Because he has good business sense or because his personality is a little too flat for most people's taste?
I think it's "rich" that a hundred millionaire defended a billionaire.
And out of 21 only 6 voted, but Schultz isn't saying why they didn't vote....
Schultz, "I know nothing, nothing."🤑🤑🤑
Romney’s are billionaires too
@@TrancEndingMedia no they’re not. The highest estimate I’ve seen for Mitt’s net worth is $400,000,000. He’s not even half way there. Still very impressive though.
@@johnmartin4641 “Romneys”=the family
@@TrancEndingMedia even then, it’s not billions.
Mitch Romney is not a self made millionaire
Interesting how Trump who didn’t need this consuming job, didn’t take the salary. Was not a lobbyist pleaser, went against all the political conformity, “to make America great”… know “AGAIN”
agreed; he grew up privileged. his financial trials & tribulations aren't equivalent to those who are actually born & raised into poverty. I agree with him, though, about coffee and like him I'm a Christian, but NOT Mormon; I'm Methodist and I don't drink coffee either.
@@tviswatchingu he took a salary lol don’t kid yourself
@@tviswatchingu Trump used part of the military budget to prop up his golf course in Scotland.
@@tviswatchingu Trump used his position to make foreign countries bribe him by buying rooms at his hotel.
anti-union people (and yes, those who say that unions "still have a right to unionize" are all anti-union) always try to say non-union companies pay better.
They don't. In every circumstance.
Mitt is extremely ignorant.
He's not ignorant he's ignoring
I’m union. I made shit until I got my first union job which took me directly from poverty to working middle class. With a livable wage and full benefits
And no management bullshit and discrimination
Romney defends the wealthy billionaire. What are the chances?
If workers were so well taken care of why are they trying to unionize across the country ?
Corporations dislike unions because it takes away their ability to keep wages low, etc.
"corporations are people" - Mitt Romney
😆😂🤣🤡
I mean, by technical definition yes. But realistically no
Is Mitt Romney a member of Mensa? LOL
Until it’s time to hold them criminally liable.
Mitt Romney being a corporate simp
Of course a hedge fund guy like Romney would defend him
Of course.
get a life
“corporations are people my friend" - Mittens
I wonder if Mitt is a member of Mensa?
What Romney doesn’t address is the fact that Starbucks has been illegally interfering with the unionization process. You can argue the merits of that process when that’s the topic at hand.
Clarify as to what “fact” you claim Starbucks has been illegally interfering with the unionization process? Are you an investigator with the NLRB? I take it you are making assumptions via emotion and not actual “facts”!
Exactly
You mean I'm not gonna get to retire being a barista at Starbucks??🥺
I don't wanna live in this country anymore! I'm moving to China! They respect unions there!
@@jamesmiller5331 you’re anidiot. And you’re an un American sack ofdogshit.
@@jamesmiller5331 let me explain to you Exaclty how stupid you are.
No one is suggesting that unionizing a Starbucks means that’s the job they expect to retire from . Unions just give ek liters bargaining power for wages hours and benefits and it’s legal in the United States to unionize and it’s illegal for companies to interfere. Understand legal and illegal?
So you support wealthy people breaking the law and don’t support worming people who follow the law.
Got it.
That makes you an ignorant sack of dogshit who needs to have his ass beat you sorry fuck.
How much is Schulz contributing to the non-coffee drinking Mormon's campaign chest?
I have no idea. I'm sure it's available to the public.
🤣 @ the idea of StarBucks management being "liberal". They are hardcore anti-tax, anti-regulation.
That's how most "liberal" companies are. Their politics rarely match with their company values. The ironic thing is that liberalism doesn't work in reality 😂
Romney is trying to pass as a right leaning democrat so in case he can no longer get elected as a GOP candidate he can switch party. It's not very hard these days considering how conservative the centrist Dems are and how crazy off the spectrum the mainstream GOP right are. You should remember that Bill Clinton was anti-tax, anti-regulation, too.
Mitt, don’t pander so much…..
I'm sorry did he just say that its rich that there is a conflict of interest because Unions support Democrats and therefore the push for unions? Wouldn't it then apply a conflict of interest with Corporations being supported by Republicans because they benefit from them. Why was this even stated?
Corporations donate to both parties heavily. Unions generally only donate to Democrats.
Funny Senator Romney did not stay to ask a question to the panel, which included two Starbucks Workers United, which he probably did worthy of his time.
Those in power will protect those they need to protect.
Did I just hear Romney call himself a conservative?
He is. He hates working class people and loves rich people. He's a nepo baby that inherited wealth and power and ran a hedge fund thats purpose was to eliminate workers and sell off assets for the purpose of making himself richer. He's just not a Qanon racist bigot like trumptards. But make no mistake, he'd eliminate all labor workers to make him and his buddies richer if he could, and that is the conservative way.
What policy stance of his do you consider liberal?
@@zxbc1 First, I don’t consider his positions his own. He’s politically expedient and malleable. He opposed his party’s Conservatives at one time, then pivoted his positions to the right to run for President as a Conservative. Who can say what his core beliefs are? Secondly, you don’t have to be a Liberal to not be a Conservative. No doubt, there would be room for reasonable debate here though. Thanks for the reply.
Yes, conservatives love the rich, wealthy, and Hate and I mean HATE labor
Romney should be a Barista for one day. What a disgrace..
Romney knows nothing about being financially dependent. He grew up rich and has basically been rich in his own right for most, if not, his whole adult life. God expects the rich to help the poor NOT hoard their cash to buy silly nonsense like mansions, lear jets, exotic vacations around the globe, fancy smancy clothes like GUCCI, DIOR, etc.
I dont understand how regulators have the ability to tell already successful business people how their company should be run. If anything they should be asking him how to run the government businesses better. Not one person has a positive experience going to the DMV nor post office nor courthouse nor airports, etc.
They are not telling Howard how to run his business. They are trying to figure out if Howard broke the law under the National Labor Relations Act.
🤡 take
The CEO earns 400 times what a barrista makes. 400 times!
@@iadorenewyork1 He also does a lot more than a barista. A barista makes coffee, the ceo makes money for its shareholders so that they can hire more baristas and provide more jobs to people. Thats how the world works and how you are able to live life comfortably.
If you're leaning towards socialism, go look at Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba, and other countries that try to divide up the wealth amongst its people. And dont tell me that they didnt know how to do it properly. Also, soviet union as well. The most free countries in the world are run on a free-market economy, not countries that give the most handouts.
Colombia is another example where they elect a socialist president and their pesos drops by over 20% the day after he gets elected into office. The market (the people) are always right.
BS this isn't partisan politic, it's CLASS politics. Working Class VS. Ruling Class
When is Romney up for reelection?
Because that's when his political career ends.
The irony of Mitt saying companies have unions r corrupt. Uhm, the government is a union!
If corporations are people as Romney says, you should be able to put a corporation in jail. I'm looking at you Wells Fargo.
Jail? Death sentences!
The job creators aren't private business, they are the American public who want a certain product or service a business can provide to the general public.
Has American private businesses not been started by individuals that from the American public ? Or it must've been robots, I guess ...
Imagine been asked a question yet you are not slow or go finish your sentence.
Isn’t it rich that republicans get their donations from companies so it’s in their best interest to keep company happy
Did you not hear the part about democrats receive donations from Unions? Are you aware that Unions are actually centres of profit, and also a business? Don’t be fooled thinking unions are just a bunch of great people donating their time helping the common man! Most unions are shady, by the very definition are totally obsolete and steal from the workers. They are useless and serve no purpose.
And Democrats don’t? 🤦♂️
lol, don't bother to mention why the union didn't accept part of the benefits, just oversimplify and blanketly claim unionized stores are worse off than non-unionized stores.
Proving once again, he is just as much of a sellout as every other Republican.
1:56 that is the whole issue. Because of how Starbucks made its policy non-union stores are slightly better, which discourages unionization. And in doing so Starbucks is guilty of union discrimination.
This hearing should be about the “tips” they ask for leaving on every darn time you buy a coffee on your card.
Softball, anyone?
When you are making as much money as these guys are and as much money as this corporation is. Why not pay your people a living wage? Howard has become the very thing that impoverished his family so many decades ago. Greed is a sickness.
So is jealousy of someone who is successful. Open ur own buisness, make a hundred grand and then give it all to the poor....we will wait....thanks for the contributions, hypocrit...
I think expecting a median income for low skill labor is rather greedy
@@russell-gt1dy bingo. It's all a bunch of people with no skills, no business knowledge, and no ambition who want to get paid by a company because they're upset someone with skills, knowledge, and ambition gets paid more. It's laughable. Workers' rights are important, don't get me wrong, we can't go back to the days of the 1800s - but there's a point at which it is absolute nonsense to keep insisting on more rights because your feelings are hurt. Go work somewhere else, go get more education, go have more ambition, go work hard for yourself if you desire more money! Stop expecting someone to hand it to you!
It still baffles me....why Anyone would pay #5.00......$9.00 for a cup of coffee..?!? Make it at home for .14 and get a thermos....save yourself $$$$$ every year..... stupid, stupid, people.
Mitt is suckin up for a political contribution. Good move Mitt, now put those contributions in an off shore, tax free account, while suckin down a grande.
So there is not a disproportionate income flowing upward in the company Rather than to the front line workers with whom you could not make your massive profits at all
I challenge Howard To survive on an income of $17.50 an hour for 6 months And then declare that he thinks hes paying his frontline workers adequate wages
in other words, you're saying CEOs are getting paid way too much vs. their employees, who actually keep the company in business?
Workers MUST own and control the means of production.
Lol
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So workers can force an owner to have a unionized company. That’s a bunch of crap!!! They own the business. The owners should be the ones to decide if they want to be a union company.
Yeah, the owners should decide if they have slaves too. Thats how you sound...
Nothing makes a “job creator” an expert on what is best for their employees. If anything he’s an expert on what’s best for shareholders and himself.
19.5*(1,000,000)*101.32
19.5 million shares times the current stock price of Starbucks, $1,975,740,000.
Coming from the guy who's not interested in 47 % of the US .
It's a thing that is people who've got money like this. I've worked for a lot of people as sheriff. The thing of it is these people are never gonna be happy. It doesn't matter how much money they got and doesn't matter what they do. Then they will always will be miserable. You seem smiling but really underneath their crying and you wouldn't think they would be crying because they have all this wealth but they don't. Have God in their lives and as far as Starbucks? He don't need a store where you open you go in the door and you're coming in-and-out you don't need a store just having people to. Drive around on the outside because when you see them. You don't need all those people in the place working to do that job. I mean that's the thing about anything you need to send it through the window. I don't go in the Starbucks cause everything's. What happened to those black? You couldn't pay me to go in that place. I got my scooter and I'll go around to drive-through myself in my scooter. You can pay me to go in them places because you just don't know what's going to happen so I don't try to put myself in a situation. Where something could happen I try anyway I pray a lot😊
Tell us about all the jobs you created, Mitt. You made a lot of money buying failing companies. You resuscitated some and others you just picked their bones. That’s not job creation.
Quit smoking me
😢
An excellent economic Bill to write our Congressman or Senator is to install a limitation or Constitutional Amendment on a maximum total taxation of the citizen of 10% excluding social security. No more than 3% federal income tax after deductions. No more than 4% state sales tax and/or state income tax combined. No more than 3% local taxes town/city/county combined. Homeowner property tax and the land it's on outlawed. Inheritance tax outlawed. Along with the Bill or on another Bill - All citizens, perminant residents, and native American indians will be awarded $150,000 after 120 months of full time work, part time and volunteer work included in the sum total. People here in the U.S. on work visa's shall be awarded $65,000 after the 120 months of work. These are granted and not loans. On a continuous basis and along with the Bill - All citizens, perminant residents, and native American indians shall be awarded $400,000 in a lump sum after 180 months of full time work, part time and volunteer work included in the sum total, whether collecting social security or not. People here in the U.S. on work visa's will be awarded $150,000 after the 180 months of work. These are granted, not loans. The printing and issuance of money is validated by labor, production, goods or services for people. Now the citizen or resident can start a business if they choose, thereby serving their town and also producing tax revenue for the country. On another Bill - A requirement on U.S. Banks to pay their depositers at least 90% of all interest collected, according to the average monthly or quarterly account balance, because it is the depositers money that was loaned out to begin with. The government shall also adjust each account according to the inflation rate every quarter or year put out by the U.S. Department of Labor. Or the government can pay the U.S. Banks the monthly or quarterly inflation rate for services rendered, of which is normally paid to the depositers.
Once a RINO, always a RINO. Romney shows he’s only there because he’s rich and claimed residency in Utah.
I disagree. Romney is pro-corporation, so I don't think he's a RINO.
How does that make him a RINO 😂
@@goldengalsclazy he’s a VULTURE CAPITALIST
He’s not a Rino.
He’s a real a REAL republican.
They are the Larry of the wealthy and management and they are anti labor anti worker anti union.
That what a Republican is.
( not the ding dong culture war kooks)
@@mister369 he’s not a Rino he’s a classic real republican.
Anti labor as always.
I can tell you from experience union workers get preferred treatment and better benefits and guaranteed representation from their union shop Stewart versus nonunion that have no representation and mgt. get rid of them at any time.
Of course Romney is going to defend Schultz because he's wealthy too. Not that I don't agree with Romney cause I do. But being a republican I don't agree with him much and I'm a republican
Schultz grew up poor; Mitt grew up rich. The only thing they have in common is they're both rich now.
Strange. I thought them Mormon fellers only drank Postum. I reckon union-busting makes fer strange bedfellows.
Wow what a piece of shift
Ah the rich defending the rich. Isn't our "Democracy" beautiful.
Every American pays taxes that pay for the roads, public schools, police and fire departments, all of which Starbucks uses to make its money. They should treat their employees as such.
Mitt is a billionaire who has destroyed millions of lives as a venture capitalist who regularly bought companies in highly leveraged deals that then requires the drastic reduction of employees and wages in order for the millionaire investor's to profit from the purchase.A classic win/lose scenario.
How unbelievably ironic for billionaires to be talking about corporate greed as something that nothing can be done about. Pathetic liars
He started a firm that employs over a thousand people and pays them very well. Some low paying jobs were lost, but they were replaced by high paying jobs. He also focused on distressed companies with high potential because the potential ROI is higher. When you take over distressed companies, some will fail because they’re too far gone. Only 25% of those companies failed. And $400M doesn’t make you a billionaire.
Romney has a good point. Unions are greedy too..
Nah, Howard Schultz is greedy
Not the Mormon!! What an intellectual liar.
My GOP Parents told me today that they will Never Again vote for Mitt Romney because he is not representing Utah. Horray for that
Look I support people’s right to form unions but no one should be force to join if they don’t want to this is a democracy not a dictatorship
It's not that difficult of of a task to have vending AI machine serving coffee to consumer for lower price and more consistent quality. The machines are already doing the coffee grinding and mixing at Starbucks anyway. Get rid of the nonsense
Your dreaming if you think they would reduce their price if they lower costs.
@@thierryaubin1923They will as a new model for the consumers to cope with the change and to shut whiners up.
"HUMANkind" says the woke "Republican" from Utah.
The messed up thing about everything MIT ROMNEY just said is we KNOW what these incomes are like and what the cost of living is. The min wage is still 7.25 for going on 15 years... this conversation is a joke and shameful to all Americans AND YOU WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO UNIONIZE. IN THE GHETTO a 1 bed room apartment is 800.00 a month in the bad part of town and that is just rent on 30k a year income you may not get out the ghetto.
The 1% is too damn greedy. A 1% guy like Romney or Schulz simply let their own greed cloud their concept of empathy
Since "irony" is today's word of the day in the vid, that's so true. Romney grew up rich; he has no clue about growing up poor. Ironically, Schultz DID grow up poor, so he should have more empathy towards people from a similar SES. My late cousin was dirt poor; he NEVER forgot where he came from and a multi-millionaire @ one time. He helped poor people and refused to be a republican arguing that republicans are ONLY for the rich.
@@goldengalsclazy Republicans give more philanthropy.
Won't someone think of the tender snowflake sensitivities of the ruling class
1% pay 40% of the United States taxes according to the IRS. Enough isn’t enough for these government officials. All these people yell that the 1% aren’t paying their fair share. Who in the hell wants government taking more money from them? We all pay too much in taxes to an entity that doesn’t show us receipts of service rendered.
Think about this. The war of independence was fought over a 2% tax. Put that into perspective.
@@RobertSmith-lw2bx From THEM? That money is OURS. We're doing the work that makes THEM rich. Maybe you haven't heard about tax loopholes, offshoring, tax havens + the enormous pull these 1%ers have over OUR govt. They're the reason we can't have nice things. Put THAT into perspective.
Do you know what the tax rate was during the greatest expansion of the middle class in this country?? We had a marginal tax rate of 91% above (I think it was) $400k That's when we had massive true economic growth.
Why would anyone support wealth hoarding when we don't even have universal healthcare!??
See Sam Seder's recent rants against libertarian arguments like yours.
ps #LiftTheCap on social security
I could go on all day, but Sam did it better this week, way better than I can do here… but do feel free to call in live on the Majority Report in the Fun Half 😏 Good luck
It should be illegal for Unions to fund political parties, candidates or movements.
It should be illegal for MAGAts to donate to any politician. Insurrectionists belong in prison.
Okay, then let's also ban corporate money since it's a bigger culprit. Sound fair?
Corporations too? You promise? 👀
I agree. And it definitely should be illegal for corporations to fund political parties
You don't understand how our government works.
is mitt romeny being a republican for once??
why must mittens always play the 'Mormon' card ? & he knows the style is church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints.
He claims that unionizing creates intra-store tension. Well, one way to attenuate that tension and reduce attrition is to allow stores to unionize. He also states, if I’m not mistaken, that some law prevents Starbucks from providing benefits; that doesn’t make any sense.
Ghoul
Romney got that dark Mexican tan from all that time with his Caucasian Mormon Missionary.
For anyone who thinks Romney would be a good president.
Sorry Mitt I have supported you as MA Governor., but you are way off base on this.
Wow. Love that super high confidence level & tone of voice.
Talk among the wealthy and wealthy! Like Republicans know how to take care of average Americans!
Sen. Romney needs more sun tan
Great speech by Romney
Help me ... has Mitt ever created a job?
he destroyed thousands of jobs.
He had a long business career before politics. The firm he ran invested in Staples, which at the time was a small business in Massachusetts and grew it into the big business it is today, which employs thousands of people. If I remember correctly, he did the same thing with Duncan Donuts. The firm he started employs 1,200 people today and pays them very well.
@@johnnyjet3.1412 his business model was to take over distressed companies with high potential because that would allow him to buy the company dirt cheap, fix the problems, and sell it for a massive profit, because that would generate the highest return. When you take over companies that are already distressed, you’re going to have some fail because sometimes they’re just too far gone to be saved. Only 25% of the many companies he invested in failed. If he had bought companies that were already thriving, it would be much more expensive and have little upside for profits. He also started that firm that employs 1,200 people and pays them very well. Creating 1,200 high paying jobs is a very good thing, much more important than low paying jobs.
@@johnmartin4641 how workers of the factories that he bought and sold to china committed suicide? Can we charge him with murder by greed?
Nationa problem. Build a store $800,000 expensive size of store. Poor budgets construction plan. Middle pricing policy contractors profits quality work. Reduce debt free overhead. Yes my past expirence last employer broke labor laws physically, financially, few key strokes in computer. Illegal contracts. Problems concour with Executive Administration support luxury life style. Corporations poor business planning never look at overhead expenses duration of time Executive bonuses greatly increase v.s. employees.
Haa
Romney is a RINO
Smut Romeny you money shot
Little girl or liberal
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Than you Romney for saying the truth. Howard is a one of the greatest entrepreneur.
Romney is such a weasel
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I'm for unions but unionizing coffee shops is ridiculous. Union jobs are for places that you can retire from and build a career. A place where someone will work for 10-30 years.
What kind of union benefits does someone who works in a coffee shop expect to reap?
I tend to agree with this perspective. Entry level jobs aren’t necessarily meant to be a career. They’re jobs meant to fill a gap, provide some scheduling flexibility and/or build skills so an individual can grow. Unions can sometimes demotivate people who strive for more, by packaging up their job as a checklist and compensating them the same as everyone else regardless of productivity
So because Datkstar feels like this job is unworthy of a career, the workers should get ripped off? Seems logic...
Well, for one thing, their salary is not acceptable. While there is considerable turnover, some work at Starbuck’s for many years.
I like Romney but he sits on his daddys lap and isnt a self made man. So, nah. Im not buying it.
Every single one of these comments are probably people who have never owned a successful business before. How can you hate on Romney for actually having a civil discussion about the issue at hand and actually letting Howard explain himself, exactly as Congress has asked him to come do.
Its possible to own a business and still understand the need for unions at starbucks. Also hes defending illegal behaviours.
Romney (D-UT)
He is not that. He has pissed off a lot of his voters
Why does everyone hate rich people?
Thank you Mitt Romney!
Mitt Romney looks and behaves like the boss who will fire you.
he should have his own reality show called The Apprentice
@@goldengalsclazy it was rumored he was going to take over the show after Trump left to be president.
Bernie is a millionaire socialist
Union sponsored
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a lot of arrogant brainwashed kids in this comment section
Romney makes great point. It’s all about job creation and being able to live the American dream.
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It's great to create jobs because jobs need employees and vice versa; it's a financial symbiotic relationship. However, people should get raises for their hardwork and have the right to unionize if they so desire. Unfortunately, for most working Americans (i.e., the middle and lower SES groups) are being financially held down due to economic stagnation (e.g., low wages, lack of salary increases), etc.
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Welcome RINOs to North Vietnam.
Maybe some of these commentators should move to Russia. Success is not a crime, even though Bernie Sanders thinks it is.
I tell you I payed into a Union, and every month the money came out of my check, but when the mayor laid off 300 people , the union didn't help the workers, to save their job, I need two more years to retire, I was already 65 years old, unions to me are no help😢
I'm sorry to hear that. Unions are not perfect, and employers have strategies to make them ineffective. The reality is that they are overwhelmingly beneficial for workers, they raise wages and improve conditions for all. Also, being part of a union is more than paying dues. If your union isn't representing you in a way you like, you can get involved and try and change things!
Union's cannot stop people from being laid-off.
I'm in a union. They work to an extent. It's just the union rep that represents they are assigned all depends on that person.. My rep is a joke and just a company shill
I would sympathize with unions more if they actually built a bridge to a competing company . Implosion is not a victory . #OceanGate disaster happened because there was no viable means of evacuation .
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