Joe Nocera pens a Times op-ed piece on Howard Schultz’s attempt creating jobs:

Here we are two months later, and Schultz is back with Big Idea No. 2. It is every bit as idealistic as his first big idea, but far more practical. Starbucks is going to create a mechanism that will allow us citizens to do what the government and the banks won’t: lend money to small businesses. This mechanism is scheduled to be rolled out on Nov. 1. This time, Schultz is not tilting at windmills.

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So am I. With the government and banks unwilling or unable, it’s time we took matters into our own hands. At this point, who else can we count on?

It’s a very interesting idea, and rather sad that we need the CEO of Starbucks to come up with it.

Update: The Create Jobs for USA website is now up.