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DebSantos
07-12-04, 09:53 PM
Our Members of Congress
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>No doubt you have read this one before, but it is well worth reading
again.
>Pass it on IF you agree with what Rush said.
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>Subject: Rush Limbaugh said it all
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>Love him or loath him, he nailed this one right on the
head.............
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>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.
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>
>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.
>
>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 an 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

Sgted
07-12-04, 10:50 PM
I have seen this before.
I think it's an embarrasment concerning our elected officials and makes a loud statement as to how they feel about the defenders of America (and other far away places).
It's about the "haves" and "have nots". And the gap keeps widening.
They should hang their heads in shame.