Sorry about the format of this letter. I pasted it from an e-mail I recieved today. You should read it though!!!
> By Rush Limbaugh
>
> 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.
>
> Every time when 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 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.
Mag
