A very good question ... Thx Marge R and Col Allen West!

 

 A VERY good question: 

 

 

 

Why Burger King is leaving the Milirtary bases ... thx Nita E!

Subject: Why Burger King is leaving Military Bases???

Why Burger King is leaving Military Bases ???


The Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases.  Soon
to follow will be Popeye's Chicken, Pizza franchises and the chain of barber and beauty
shops which operate inside the gates of our military facilities.
Reason?
Obama's mandate that all companies who do business with the Federal Government pay a $10.10 per hour minimum wage.
The companies cite the fact that a limited military customer base cannot sustain acceptable profit margins while still offering up a hefty share of their profits to The Army and Air Force Exchange System's Health and Morale fund and paying $10.10 an hour as Obama has dictated for any contractor doing business with the DOD.  

For those who don't know, hundreds of well known commercial franchises have operated on military bases for years and in some cases decades!  This partnership has been a boon to the non-profit AAFES system.  All profits go toward programs such as organized athletic programs for military personnel and their dependents.  That includes exercise equipment, support for social clubs and the like.  All programs that help military families get by on less pay and benefits than their civilian counterparts!
Coming at a time of tighter defense budgets the withdrawal of commercial franchises is going to  put quite a squeeze on the military health and morale programs - which are already at an all time low.

Morale in the military is terrible!  Ignore what Obama and company are telling you … the fact is morale among military personnel is incredibly low at this point in time!  

Every time a military grunt got a haircut, every time a military wife got a manicure or hair styling, with every burger or slice of pizza or piece of chicken, with ever dinner sold, a healthy portion of the profits went to this much needed and appreciated program.

NO MORE !!!  Not under Obama ...



Alas, as with all things Obama, every time he does something to please his socialist friends and haters of the military, someone suffers.  In this case it will be our  military.  AGAIN!  
While this will be a serious loss for our stateside
troops, the troops who will be most hurt by this are our troops deployed to remote areas of the world where our military folks had little to look
forward to but a Whopper and fries at a small concession that might bring a little bit of home to their lives ...

I am in Afghanistan right now, and we had a Burger King, and a Popeye's Chicken, and Pizza Hut (small and with a limited menu … but still food from home!) … but they are gone now!  And they disappeared at an alarming rate ...

This should not surprise me at all but it does.  I
should have been mentally prepared for this when Obama eliminated hot meals for our troops in the field here in Afghanistan.  There is still hot food (or rather a food like substance!) in the mess halls, but those are closing rapidly and they are getting more and more stingy with their servings every day!

All this is happening as The Lord God Obama and his Queen of the realm Michelle and his trusty minion Joe Biden were booking
$50,000 a night hotel suites in Paris and London and elsewhere around the world …

Obama shows an absolute and total disregard for the costs as he and Michelle have run up over during his tenure!  To date they have spent $600 million dollars in taxpayer funded vacations.  That is obscene !!!

Oh well, I understand the military's food research facility up in Illinois is working on "Pizza in a Pouch" for the new cold ration packs.  "Screw the Grunts" seems to be Obama's philosophy … even as he and Michelle host Jay Z and Beyonce and the Hollywood nitwits at almost weekly parties at the White House and private dinners they throw for celebrities … while snubbing the Queen of England and other international dignitaries !!!

Shameful, disgraceful, and despicable are the only words that I can think of to describe this lame excuse for a man ... and that woman he brought with him to the White House is the most embarrassing individual to ever represent this government as the First Lady … Michelle is a lame excuse for a lady too !!!

I said it a while back and I'll say it again:

"Electing Obama to the Presidency was like handing a 13 year old child with behavioral problems a credit card with no limit, the keys to your 500 hp sports car, a full bottle of Tequila, and telling him or her that no one will ever question anything they do, and there will never be any consequences for any of their actions!"

Anyone for president … and I mean anyone other than Obama !!!   Well, not Hillary or Biden or Kerry … oh Hell … elect anyone with a brain … PLEASE !!!