ME BIGGD01
08-18-2003, 01:14 AM
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. 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 you're
>interested there is more........
> This must be a campaign issue in 2004. Keep it going. SOCIAL SECURITY:
> (This is worth the read. It's short and to the point.)
>
> Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our
>Senators and Congressmen do not pay into Social Security. Many years ago
they
>voted-in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no congressperson
has felt
>the need to change it. For all practical purposes their plan works like
this:
>
> When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die,
>except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments.
For
>example, former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may
expect to
>draw $7,800,000 - that's Seven Million, Eight Hundred Thousand), with
their wives
>drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of their lives.
>
> This is calculated on an average life span for each.
>
> Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. These little perks they
>voted for themselves is free to them. You and I pick up the tab for this
plan.
>
> The funds for this fine retirement plan come directly from the General
>Fund--our tax dollars at work! From our own Social Security Plan, which
you and I
>pay (or have paid) into -- every payday until we retire (which amount is
>matched by our employer) --we can expect to get an average $1,000 per
month after
>retirement. Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of
$1,000
>monthly benefits for 68 years and one month to equal Senator Bill
Bradley's
>benefits!
>
> Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made.
And
> that change would be to jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from
under
>the Senators and Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with
the
>rest of us and then watch how fast they would fix it.
>
> 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..
>
> How many people can YOU send this to?
>
> 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 you're
>interested there is more........
> This must be a campaign issue in 2004. Keep it going. SOCIAL SECURITY:
> (This is worth the read. It's short and to the point.)
>
> Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during election years. Our
>Senators and Congressmen do not pay into Social Security. Many years ago
they
>voted-in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no congressperson
has felt
>the need to change it. For all practical purposes their plan works like
this:
>
> When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay until they die,
>except it may increase from time to time for cost of living adjustments.
For
>example, former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their wives may
expect to
>draw $7,800,000 - that's Seven Million, Eight Hundred Thousand), with
their wives
>drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of their lives.
>
> This is calculated on an average life span for each.
>
> Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. These little perks they
>voted for themselves is free to them. You and I pick up the tab for this
plan.
>
> The funds for this fine retirement plan come directly from the General
>Fund--our tax dollars at work! From our own Social Security Plan, which
you and I
>pay (or have paid) into -- every payday until we retire (which amount is
>matched by our employer) --we can expect to get an average $1,000 per
month after
>retirement. Or, in other words, we would have to collect our average of
$1,000
>monthly benefits for 68 years and one month to equal Senator Bill
Bradley's
>benefits!
>
> Social Security could be very good if only one small change were made.
And
> that change would be to jerk the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from
under
>the Senators and Congressmen. Put them into the Social Security plan with
the
>rest of us and then watch how fast they would fix it.
>
> 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..
>
> How many people can YOU send this to?