Zero Tolerance
07-26-2003, 05:32 PM
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 and 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..
>
>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 and 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..