[Vision2020] (Fwd) [Fwd: why do we let this greed continue?]

[Leslie Falen]

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      Love him or loathe him, he nailed this one right on the head
...........

      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.

      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 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.


      How many people can YOU send this to ?




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Roger Falen
Research Support Scientist
AVS Dept University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83843
Ph 208-885-6351