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Peter (Arlene & Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) sends us this:
This just in from a local buddy. Why, do you suppose,
has this happened?
Peter
Love him or loathe him, he nailed this one right on the head..........
Rush Limbaugh says:
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 themselvesa 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?
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