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CatWoman

(79,293 posts)
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 11:52 AM Dec 2018

Trump makes history with record-breaking government spending ... on golf carts

The current presidential administration’s capacity for corruption seems limitless. The big-ticket items, like tax breaks for the wealthy and the epic destruction of environmental protections and public lands, are the most glaring and far-reaching. But everything that con men like Donald Trump and his cohorts do is a scam. They do not believe in spending their own money on anything that isn’t for them, and in many cases they prefer stealing other Americans’ money in order to do even that. Quartz is reporting that the Secret Service, now under the purview of the Trump administration, is trying to set some new records in government spending … on golf carts.



According to federal spending data, the agency is set to pay a Delray Beach company as much as $92,740 between now and June for an unspecified number of “golf cars.” The firm supplying the carts, Maddox Joines Inc., does business as “Sunshine Golf Car” and is a straight 24-mile shot down the turnpike from Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.

This should come as no surprise to anyone, considering that Trump has spent an estimated one-third of his time using taxpayer money to hang out on Trump-owned properties, and at least 25 percent of that time playing golf. Now, before you wonder out loud about how and why these golf carts are so expensive, Quartz did some reporting on the special qualifications these tiny vehicles must meet in order to follow our laziest president around 18 holes.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/12/10/1818183/-Trump-makes-history-with-new-record-breaking-government-spending-on-golf-carts?detail=emaildkre

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Trump makes history with record-breaking government spending ... on golf carts (Original Post) CatWoman Dec 2018 OP
This presidency is outrageous and gross, yet many Americans support him. I'm really starting to RKP5637 Dec 2018 #1
He actually charges us to use his golf carts underpants Dec 2018 #2

RKP5637

(67,080 posts)
1. This presidency is outrageous and gross, yet many Americans support him. I'm really starting to
Sun Dec 16, 2018, 11:58 AM
Dec 2018

wonder about many in the US. And the republicans in congress are so damn weak and timid, gutless to stand up to him. A total WTF.

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