After Howard Schultz, the Starbucks titan with an estimated net worth of nearly $3.5 billion, appeared on 60 Minutes and suggested that he may run for President of the United States as an Independent, the media immediately began to focus on what the effect of a serious independent candidate could do to the 2020 election, with some speculating that Schultz could pave the way for Donald Trump’s re-election in the same way that Texas mogul Ross Perot’s independent bid in 1992 allowed Bill Clinton to oust George H.W. Bush.
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But, when I saw the news, I did not immediately think about the presidential election implications, but rather, the reason why Schultz is … Read the rest of this article!