This is sure to generate a lot of thought......................
What\'s a Military Family Worth?
by Rush Limbaugh, March 11, 2002
I think the vast differences in compensation between the victims of
the September 11th casualty, and those who die serving the 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 11th.
Well, I just 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 11th 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 that are getting an average of
$1.185
million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it\'s not enough.
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 11th 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 fifty years of entitlement politics in this country.
It\'s just really sad.
"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of
emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."
-Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr.
Every time when 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.
However our own U.S. Congress just voted themselves a raise, and
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 be millionaires plus.
They also 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 you may receive a pension of
$1,000 per month, and the very people who placed you in harms way
receive 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 ??"
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