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Re: Re: Re: Manifold made in CHINA. NO WORK!!!
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Posted by redrev on July 08, 2002 at 03:07:24 from (24.24.89.128):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Manifold made in CHINA. NO WORK!!! posted by $15,000 a month? on July 07, 2002 at 19:50:58:
Yup...they vote their own pay schedule. Read this: 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 September11th > > 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 > > > 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 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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