Equal time>>
>
> 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 your 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.
>
By Rush Limbaugh: |
