Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:42:11 -0400
To: [email protected]
From: Poison
Subject: [SF-L] What's a military family worth?
Why are the family of the dead from September 11th getting such a big
payoff? Where is it coming from?
Poison
>What's a Military Family Worth? You go Rush!
>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 mem! ber 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.
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