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nobody of any consequence
- Location
- western massachusetts
By Rush Limbaugh
I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September
11 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 11.
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 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.
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.
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 being
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 harm's 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?"
.............................. thank a vet.... have a safe weekend ........ mike
I think the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September
11 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 11.
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 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.
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.
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 being
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 harm's 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?"
.............................. thank a vet.... have a safe weekend ........ mike
