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  • OT-- Just some Limbaugh, but it raises the eyebrows........

    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 u nder 18. When the child hi ts 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 milli on 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 US 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 s tart cutting out benef its 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?

    ****************************

    How many WILL YOU ?
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