On: Death of the Country Club

[Spooky23]

The chairman of my wife’s old company invited us to a dinner at a fancy country club. He had to spend $20k a year in entertaining.

Nobody has the time to do that anymore. That’s too rich for most political people and too time consuming for most business people.

[sonnyblarney → Spooky23]

Yeah, I don't think $20K in 'required spending'. More like $20K/year in dues, and $2K in 'required spending'.

Even then, that's a lot.

Maralago for example only has $14K in annual dues.

[cascom → Spooky23]

I’m a little skeptical of that number, while I don’t doubt the annual dues might have been $20k/year even clubs with mid six figure initiations are unlikely to have a $20k/year food and beverage minimum

[Spooky23 → cascom]

It may have been dues with some sort of credit. They basically ate out and did all family functions there if I recall.