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 Eastwhile their families
have to survive on food stamps and live in
low-rent housing. Make sense?
However, our own 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.
Submitted by Ray Atkins |
