Here's something to ponder.....

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Love him or hate him, Rush certainly has brought up something to ponder......

By Rush Limbaugh

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.

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.

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?"

Chris

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Chris