Another company with strong entrepreneurial roots has gone corporate in how they wield their power. None other than Starbucks has found the power that a big corporation can have in getting their way in Washington. From the Wall Street Journal via the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:
"Kris Engskov, head of Starbucks Corp.'s fledgling lobbying effort, won his first real victory last October: a tax break worth millions of dollars to the company. His boss had mixed emotions....These newcomers to Washington are caught in a bind: They have the same desires as every other company -- tax breaks and trade deals. But they find the horse-trading aspects of lobbying, including political donations and asking for favors, often conflict with their public image as idealists changing the way business is done."
Please, stop me before I lobby again!
