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Rush Limbaugh's view on the Military

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> > What's a Military Family Worth?
> >
> > by Rush Limbaugh,
> > March 11, 2002
> >
> > I think the vast differences in compensation between
> > the victims of the September 11th 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 11th.
> >
> > 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 11th 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 that are getting
> > an average of $1.185 million up to $4.7 million are
> > complaining that it's not enough. 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 11th 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
> > fifty years of entitlement politics in this country.
> > It's just really sad.
> >
> > "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of
> > emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a
> > lifetime." --Adlai E. Stevenson, Jr. Every time when 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. 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 be 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 harms 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.


Fucking Hooah!
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