DO YOU REMEMBER ???

This Memorial Day...Let's really look at how we treat our fallen heros!! I was recently reminded by some quotes from Rush Limbaugh of some of the following facts.

For instance-
1. Look at the vast differences in compensation between victims of the September 11 casualty ..and those who die serving our country in Uniform:

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).

BUT......


"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."

"We also learned 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....

.....You see where this is going, don't you?
Folks, this is the result of over 50 years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just really sad!!"

"Right now, many of our soldiers are in the Middle East while their families are home and often have to survive on food stamps and live in low-rent housing. Make sense???"


....and when a pay raise DOES comes up for the military, they usually receive next to nothing of a raise."
HOWEVER, our own US Congress votes themselves "REAL" raises. 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. If a typical soldier stays in for 20 years and gets out as an E-7, they may receive a pension of $1,000 per month, while the very people who placed them in harm's way receives their pension of $15,000 per month !!!


"When do we finally do something about this?" If this doesn't seem fair to you, will YOU do anything about it??

Unfortunately, probably not.