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Never thought I'd agree w/Rush Limbaugh!

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CALizzz

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I got this email from a freind and really thought it was worth the post!!

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 Oaklahoma 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 liv e 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 ele! ! cted 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.
How many people can you send this to?

How many will you send it to?


XoX
Liz
 

moslowjj

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Seems like i've seen this before...Its so true it made me sick. And Mad!!!

 

bigtime

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Its bullshit is what it is!

THATS SO TRUE ,but what can u do...its a free world................theres bad and good and this just takes the cake...............thanks for the post......ugly666
 

CALizzz

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THATS SO TRUE ,but what can u do...its a free world................theres bad and good and this just takes the cake...............thanks for the post......ugly666

I do know that apathy kills!!

I knew our service people were getting a rough deal, but like myself, I don't know how many reading this thread knew the lowdown!

What can we do?? Vote! And write the people in charge where you live. The fat cats will always be fat, but those defending our country deserve WAY more than this!!

I don't see this as a matter of a free world or a question of what we can do- I say we gotta keep trying. And as for a free world?? We have more freedoms than some. But, this administration has tore up and pissed on more of the freedoms than any other in our history!!!

:proud

See ya
 

bigtime

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thats true,to many of us just sit and talk about whats wrong and bash our system but little do anything about.............ours is not perfect by no means but better than a big num# of them( not an exsuce to this though) by any means....

i like hearin people talk religain or politics but desscussing well people have ther mind set on what they beleave and thats it...no open mind to the differences that are out in the world ....point,racisam i mean serious come-on a differnt color of skin and we have fights and killin, thats stupid......and i mean it stupid were so narrow minded that we think like that...

it all touchy and very hard to talk about with out affening some1........


we need to be eduated before we speak...and even then thats still not full proof.....

great read..thanks p.s. sorry about my spelling...later....666
 

CareyG

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it all touchy and very hard to talk about with out affening some1

Thats very true Bigtime! But think we can ALL agree that we need a big change ASAP for everyones sake!;)
 

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