Zhukov
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Got this email today.
>Subject: SOME TIMES RUSH LIMBAUGH is VERY RIGHT
>
>
>
>
> Love him or hate 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 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.
>
> 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 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.
>
> "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.
>Subject: SOME TIMES RUSH LIMBAUGH is VERY RIGHT
>
>
>
>
> Love him or hate 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 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.
>
> 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 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.
>
> "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.
