Fw: Fairness

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From: Debrah & Kevin Ryan
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Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 10:57 AM
Subject: Fw: Fairness


I got this form an old friend and staunch Democrat, too. Kevin
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From: hans f hoyer
To: wes uhlman ; tim sue hopkins ; thorleif knutrud ; STylisz@...
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:16 AM
Subject: Fw: Fairness



Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 6:26 PM
Subject: Fairness



> > 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 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 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.





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