Do we really value our Soldiers?

September is right around the corner and sometimes I wonder if we will ever look back and be able to examine all our reactions more objectively!

It has been argued that comparing the military and law enforcement personnel benefits to the compensation the families received for attack on 9/11 is an unfair comparison. Some say it is apples to oranges.

Let's put it this way. The victim's families from 9/11 have received large sums of money for a horrible tragedy. For their loved ones being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Typically, families have prove wrongful death. They have to SUE. The families would have to SUE the United States claiming they could have prevented the attack and by all accounts that was not possible. It was an act of war, blind sided, all out terrorism and typically, families don't get paid for casualties of war. BUT, the United States did pay and Americans lovingly donated to these families and YET we be grudge the people who KNOWINGLY and WILLINGLY die for US.

Below is a piece by Rush Limbaugh the numbers are accurate from the time he wrote it. It does make you stop and think, at least it should!!!


By Rush Limbaugh, March, 2002

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 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. (Actually, soldiers are put in harms way by politicians and commanding officers.)

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.

I agree Mr. Limbaugh!
It really is SAD!