I don't agree with a lot that he says, but this hits home!

Love him or loathe 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 our 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 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 voted themselves a raise. 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 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, they may receive

a pension of $1,000 per month, and the very people who placed them 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.