Limbaugh posotion

[MarkD]

Love him or loathe 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.

 

 

 

If you're interested, there is more...

 

This must be a campaign issue in 2004. Keep it going. SOCIAL SECURITY:

(This is worth the read. It's short and to the point.)

 

Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our Senators and Congressmen do not pay into Social Security. Many years ago they voted in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no congressperson has felt the need to change it. For all practical purposes their plan works like this:

 

 

When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die, except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments. For example, former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may expect to draw $7,800,000 - that's Seven Million, Eight Hundred Thousand), with their wives drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of their lives. This is calculated on an average life span for each.

 

Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. These little perks they voted for themselves is free to them. You and I pick up the tab for this plan. The funds for this fine retirement plan come directly from the General Fund--our tax dollars at work! >From our own Social Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have paid) into --every payday until we retire (which amount is matched by our employer) --we can expect to get an average $1,000 per month after retirement. Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of $1,000 monthly benefits for 68 years and one month to equal Senator Bill Bradley's benefits!

 

Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made. And that change would be to jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the Senators and Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan

with the rest of us and then watch how fast they would fix it.

[MCourson]

When my grandpa retired form the Navy in 1971 he was an E-8 and verteran Of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. After he retired they barely got by with $$ while raising my mom, aunt, and uncle. After he died in March of 2002 my we were preparing to move my grandma into our house because we werent even sure if she would be able to keep her house. Luckily she is still making it in the same house and had a retired friend move in to help. I think our veterans deserve way more.

 

[trckn4life]

I think our veterans deserve way more.

I agree and I agree strongly with what RL has to say. All those accidents are tragedies (Sept. 11th, Oklahoma City Bombing,etc.) and I feel for those that have been changed/affected by them. But, what about those that put their blood, sweat, and tears into protecting our country and do Not get compensated well....

 

"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."

 

This is just insane!!! Look at minimum wage (5.15 here)..so around 10grand......it's nuts. Most of us will never see 150,000 or 100,000 or 75,000 or 50,000 or (you get the idea) Let Alone Up to 4.7 Million!!

 

and we the taxpayers are paying for this.

[Wingnut]

and we the taxpayers are paying for this.

Actually most of that money is from a private fund set up just for the Sept 11th families. I believe that the Red Cross is at the helm of it.

 

Donations from various fundraisers, as well as private donations make up the bulk of the entitlements that the Sept 11 families are recieving.

 

There isn't a d@mn thing wrong with that, in my opinion.

 

That said, there are still those among the victims' families that are asking for more...Federal money, of course...And this IS wrong in many, many ways.

[greyghost03]

Love him or loathe him, he nailed this one right on the head...

He sure did! We do need to do more for our armed forces members both active and retired!

 

While were at it lets also do more for our police dept, fire dept, and teachers. I know down here in Louisiana these civil servants can hardly support a family on the salary they receive without working extra shifts or other jobs.

 

Sorry MarkD, not trying to hijack your topic.

[trckn4life]

and we the taxpayers are paying for this.

Actually most of that money is from a private fund set up just for the Sept 11th families. I believe that the Red Cross is at the helm of it.

 

Donations from various fundraisers, as well as private donations make up the bulk of the entitlements that the Sept 11 families are recieving.

 

There isn't a d@mn thing wrong with that, in my opinion.

 

That said, there are still those among the victims' families that are asking for more...Federal money, of course...And this IS wrong in many, many ways.

sorry if I was wrong about taxpayers paying for it. that's fine if the RedCross or someone is doing those fundraisers/charitys and giving the $$ to those affected (or close relatives of).

 

I agree about the federal $$