By Tim Stickings For Dailymail.com
Published: 10:42 GMT, 14 February 2019 | Updated: 10:42 GMT, 14 February 2019
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Presidential hopeful Howard Schultz has taken aim at the Green New Deal agenda championed by Democrats including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
The billionaire former Starbucks CEO, who is considering an independent run for the White House, called the Democratic pledges 'unrealistic' and saying it was 'immoral' to build up trillions of dollars in debt.
The Democratic proposals include a federal jobs guarantee, national health care coverage and a promise to produce 100 per cent of America's energy from renewable sources.
Schultz's comments will put further distance between Schultz and much of the Democratic base, which fears the billionaire could split the anti-Trump vote in 2020.
Howard Schultz, pictured at a town hall event in Houston, said the Green New Deal agenda championed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was 'unrealistic'
Discussing the Green New Deal proposals at a CNN town hall event, he said politicians had to be 'sensible' about their proposals.
He said: 'When I read the proposed bill in terms of the Green New Deal, I read that by 2030 they're suggesting that
