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. Keep it going.
If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be
planted and maybe good changes will evolve. WE, each one of us... can
make a difference..
If enough people read this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe good changes will evolve.
In God We Trust
GOD BLESS AMERICA !!
