Howard Schultz: Green New Deal is "immoral" and "not realistic"

(Salon) - Schultz, who has never held political office, was clear on what he did not support: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposal of a 70 percent marginal tax rate on income earned above $10 million, which he has previously called "punitive." On Tuesday, he also slammed the New York Democrat's Green New Deal, an ambitious plan backed by Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats to combat the threat of climate change and create jobs, as "immoral" and "not realistic." Read More