IF
YOU READ AND FORWARD ONLY 1 E-MAIL, MAKE IT THIS ONE!!
Love him or loathe him, he nailed this one right on the head..........
By Rush Limbaugh:
I think
the vast differences in compensation between victims of the
September 11 casualty and those who die serving our country in
Uniform are profound. No one is really talking about it either,
because you just don't criticize anything having to do with
September 11. Well, I can't let the numbers pass by because it says
something really disturbing about the entitlement mentality of this
country. If you lost a family member in the September 11 attack,
you're going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum
guarantee of $250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million..
If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable.
If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable.
Next, you
get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse, you
get
$833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to a screeching halt.
$833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to a screeching halt.
Keep in
mind that some of the people who are getting an average of $1.185
million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it's not enough.
Their deaths were tragic, but for most, they were simply in the
wrong place at the wrong time.
Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL OF US, and they and their families know the dangers.. (Actually, soldiers are put in harms way by politicians and commanding
officers.)
Soldiers put themselves in harms way FOR ALL OF US, and they and their families know the dangers.. (Actually, soldiers are put in harms way by politicians and commanding
officers.)
We also
learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the Oklahoma
City bombing have started an organization asking for the same deal
that the September 11 families are getting. In addition to that,
some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking
for compensation as well.
You see
where this is going, don't you? Folks, this is part and parcel of
over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just
really sad. Every time a pay raise comes up for the military, they
usually receive next to nothing of a raise. Now the green machine is
in combat in the Middle East while their families have to survive on
food stamps and live in low-rent housing. Make
sense?
However,
our own US Congress voted themselves a raise. Many of you don't know
that they only have to be in Congress one time to receive a pension
that is more than $15,000 per month. And most are now equal to being
millionaires plus. They do not receive Social Security on retirement
because they didn't have to pay into the system. If some of the
military people stay in for 20 years and get out as an E-7, they may
receive a pension of $1,000 per month, and the very people who
placed them in harm's way receives a pension of $15,000 per
month.
I would
like to see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join ranks
before they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons
and daughters who are now fighting.
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