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.
近年来，星巴克(Starbucks)创始人兼首席执行官霍华德•舒尔茨(Howard Schultz)一直在致力于改变人们喝咖啡的方式。如今，他正投身于一项艰巨得多的使命。近日在华盛顿，颇富魅力的舒尔茨在一次大型投资会议上发表讲话，强烈呼吁政治改革。更确切地说，他是在重复去年首次提出的主张，即呼吁企业和投资者不再资助政客，除非他们承诺打破目前困扰美国政界的极其有害的僵局。