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>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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 U.S. 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 ?
>
>>
>>"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.
>>
>>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 U.S. 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 ?
>
