Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Calls for Higher Taxes on Wealthy
- Billionaire is eying an independent 2020 presidential bid
- Schultz floats higher taxes on wealthy, without specifics
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Billionaire Howard Schultz said wealthy Americans like him should pay higher taxes.
The former Starbucks CEO called for the rich to pay more during a speech Thursday at Purdue University in Indiana that was another stop on a nationwide tour he’s making as he weighs an independent run for president in 2020.