IF YOU READ AND FORWARD ONLY 1 E-MAIL,
> MAKE IT THIS ONE
> Limbaugh Nailed This
> One~
> Love him or loathe
> him, he nailed this one right on the head..........
>
> 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. 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. 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.) 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. "When do we
> finally do something about this?" If this doesn't
> seem fair to you, it is time to forward this to as many
> people as you can. How many people CAN
> YOU send this to? How many WILL YOU???
> This email has been
> sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast.
www.avast.com>
