Compensation comparison
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 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. (Actually, soldiers are
put in harms way by politicians and commanding
officers.)
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 start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sons and daughters who
are now fighting.
Author - Rush Limbaugh