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 o $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 Americansoldier killed in action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable Nex you get $1,750 for burial costs.Ifyou are the surviving spouse, you get $833 a month until you remarry.And there's a payment of $211 per month for eachchild under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to ascreeching halt. Keep in mind that some of the people that are getting anaverage of $1.185 million up to $4.7 millionare complaining that it'snot enough. We also learned over the weekend that some of thevictims from the Oklahoma City bombing have started an organization askingfor the samedeal that the September 11th families are getting. in addition to that, some of the families of those bombed in theembassies 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 politicsin this country. It's just really sad. "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst oemotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."-AdlaiE. Stevenson Jr. Every time when a pay raise comes up for the military they usually receive next to nothing of a raise. Now the greenmachine is in combat in the Middle East while their families haveto 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 onretirement 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 mayreceive 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 liketo see our elected officials pick up a weapon and join ranksbefore they start cutting out benefits and lowering pay for our sonsand daughters who are now fighting. "When do we finally do something about this ??" If this doesn't seem fair to you, it is time toforward this to as many people as you can.