DebSantos
07-12-04, 09:53 PM
Our Members of Congress
>
>
>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.
>
>
>
>Subject: Rush Limbaugh said it all
>
>Love him or loath 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 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 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
>
>
>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.
>
>
>
>Subject: Rush Limbaugh said it all
>
>Love him or loath 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 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 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