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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.
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