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Pentagon Keeps Pouring Cash Into Golf Courses — Even As Trump Slashes Government Spending
(theintercept.com)
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So the Armed Forces have some golf courses that their servicemen can enjoy when off duty (and some are even open to civilians) and, surprise surprise, they require some maintenance and upkeep dollars.
I feel like this piece is some manufactured outrage. Let the members of the armed forces have nice places to relax… they should be allowed some reprieve from their role as cogs in the war machine.
The problem is that the federal government is taking a literal chainsaw to critical life saving programs like disability, social insurance, and USAID, while ignoring expenses like maintaining golf courses that are purely a luxury.
You've got federal funds available to invest in fertilizing the grass so people can be entertained; but can't possibly continue to keep people alive and off the streets??
Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have lost their jobs, with many panicking not knowing where their next meal will come from. Millions of people worldwide have been cut off from food, water, and medical supplies that the US had promised to provide (whether actually supplying the goods or providing transport/protection). These people WILL die because of this; but the putting greens are looking nicer than ever!
Then get mad about the cuts to the much needed programs and the corrupt people cutting them. Not at the other expenses they’ve decided not to cut.
The point is to highlight how blatantly corrupt those people are.
Lmao, how is this manufactured outrage? They're claiming the government is wasting taxpayer dollars on frivolous things. What's more frivolous than a shitty golf course? If they truly cared about saving taxpayers money, that would have been the first thing they cut. But that's not what they care about, they care about hurting the less fortunate. Which group of people overwhelmingly use gold courses? I'll give you a hint. Its not people with lower incomes.
I can guarantee you, Joe, isn't on those golf courses. That shit is there, so whatever General officers can tee off and huff one anothers farts.
I live in a Navy town with 3 such golf courses. I know plenty of rank and file who have play them regularly.
Oh, my mistake! I bow to your expertise, sir! Certainly, you are there waiting at the gates. 21 year old Private Joe Snuffy is definitely taking a break from drinking and hitting the gym to play the most boring game known to man.
Pretty childish take.
Well, you're a poopy head.