I just thought yall should know!!
I think this is the truth and one should really worry about this. I am a daughter of a soldier who is a E-7 and a friend of a person who lost her dad a year ago...to me this makes sense and IS FUCKED!!! My dad in Hungary sent this too me and I TOTALLY AGREE!!!
Love him or loath him, he nailed this one right on the head.............
>
>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. 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 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?" If this
>doesn't seem fair to you, it is time to forward this
>to as many people as you can
Love him or loath him, he nailed this one right on the head.............
>
>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. 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 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?" If this
>doesn't seem fair to you, it is time to forward this
>to as many people as you can