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> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 15:56:36 EST
> Subject: Death Benefits?  by Rush Limbaugh
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> Subject: Death Benefits?
>
> By Rush Limbaugh
>
> 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 member 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 who are getting
> an average of $1.185
> million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it's
> not enough.
>
> We also learned 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 50 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 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 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.
>
> God, yes, GOD, Bless America, and those who protect
> her!
>


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