GOLF ANYONE?

     Everyone knows our armed forces have been reduced since 1991 after the Gulf War, and still needs to be reduced by a lot more. If our U.S. military was reduced by 85%, the U.S. would still have the largest military in the world. Today their is still one structure of are defense military continues to show strength. Is it Aircraft Carriers? No! Is it Fighter Planes? No, it's where Congress and Pentagon believe most important thing about military-- on the military golf greens. Not only is there over 200 golf course in the military, they continue to add more. Andrews Air Force Base built it's third  golf course. The cost? over $5 million. "The Andrews courses were very crowed," alerted Air Force spokesman once said. We needed more to handle the demand.
    

     President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner  enjoying a round.


But why? if our military has been reduced, were is the demand? And why still build more golf courses.


The Answer is conveniently located seven miles away from federal perkdom. Washington DC.  On any given day, you’re likely to find a member of Congress rather than a minimum wage military person teeing off on the taxpayer’s dollar.

     Why you say? Andrews’s golf courses are open to all members of Congress, thirty thousand congressional employees, and all civilian workers from Pentagon. To call it a “Military” golf course is a joke. Its real purpose in disguise—to provide another taxpayer-paid perk for Washington.

     Andrews is the golf mecca of Washington DC. Representatives Peter DeFazio (D., OR), Christopher Shays (R., CT), David Minge (D., MN), and Jack Metcalf (R., WA) joined Defazio in protest to Secretary Of Defense. But as you can see they failed.

     The cost is downright cheap. For a paltry $600-a-year membership, American’s politicians and staff can play eighteen holes much cheaper than the regular person, than the multithousand-dollar initiation and yearly membership fee, and the $75 daily greens fee, at Burning Tree, a private club for the big shots must support out of their own pockets.

     Pentagon claims that military courses are self-supporting. “Really”. Then why is the Defense Department morale and recreation program which receives a Billion dollars a year in tax subsidies, which goes for the upkeep of the courses.

     Solution

     It makes no sense to give golf perks to member of Congress and their staffs on military courses. We need to eliminate that privilege making it Law. Let them pay to play like ever one else. My suggestion is open up the courses underused to the paying public. Estimated $100 million a year in revenues from the public.

     Since the military is being decimated, we should close, not expand unneeded golf course.

     We’ll be saving millions on every swing.

Sources: Government Racket 2000, Martin L. Gross