Fw'd to me in an e-mail:
Subject: Fw: Read This......What's a Military Family Worth?
Please circulate this guys, this is something to think about
SFC JACKSON, KENNETH L
DIVARTY TASKINGS NCO
THE TASKMASTER
910 432-8884/1705
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 ??"
If this doesn't seem fair to you, it is time to forward this to as many
people as you can.