Fascinating Fact of the Day


By Joe Campbell
October 29th, 2008

From the New York Times op-ed written by Billy Beane, Newt Gingrich, and John Kerry:

Starbucks pays more for health care than it does for coffee.

My first question is - who the hell actually wrote this piece and thought that these were the three guys to get together to sell it? The Kerry-Gingrich thing works. But where does Beane come in, aside from thematically? I presume all three must be on some board together.

Tags: Billy Beane, Health care, John Kerry, Newt Gingrich, Starbucks, The New York Times