Rush Limbah Nails it ( Archived) (13)

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. (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 .

" 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.

He said it well.....
911,
all military
anyone who puts there life on the line like that...
should fully be compensated.
This for me is one good chatting session.....
It's politics and it stinks...
Enough said...

Rgr Buddy

I just got that in the mail and I thoughtI would share, its Appauling

Gawd I hate Polaticians

I just have a hard time believing or agreeing with anything that comes out of Rush Limbaugh's mouth!!! It may all be true, but coming from his narrow-mindedness...it loses credibility!!

TO ME!....always have to add that because it is just an opinion

Galactic bodhi....Well said....
and I agree...

Valid Point

I and my family knew the risk that I took going to work every day, and we were prepaired, but this is just off the hook.
I never wanted anything in return for the stuff I did, people I saved or children I helped

Please understand Charlie. I have nothing against police or firefighters. They do a bang up job...

My beef is with Unions that get so powerful, they practically become government...this is as wrong in my opinion as any other special interest domination of the political arena...Fair chance to all I say...or buyer beware to all, but not one thing for some and something inferior for others...

This country is, theoretically, about not having ANY second-class citizens...

I know my Brutha, I had to cut it off I got a phone call sorry