Let's dissect this latest Email from rush limbaugh [View All]

I haven't read it all just yet, as I've just had breakfast not long ago. It's full of a bunch of non-facts (i.e.: lies) and crappola that should be pretty easy to refute, and I've seen a lot of this before. Make sure to hold your nose before continuing...

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Maybe the recent rehab' he completed really got his head clear. I'm not really a fan of his but he is right on target with this. I am sending this to over a dozen others.

Subject: FYI: Social Security


>If you have nothing else to ruin your day,
> > >read the following - It certainly will!!
> > >Love him or loath 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 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
> > >11. 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 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 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 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.If your interested there
> > >is more.......................
> > >
> > >This must be a campaign issue in 2004. Keep it going.
> > >SOCIAL SECURITY: (This is worth the read. It's short
> > >and to the point.)
> > >
> > >Perhaps we are asking the wrong questions during
> > >election years. Our Senators and Congressmen do not
> > >pay into Social Security. Many years ago they voted
> > >in their own benefit plan. In more recent years, no
> > >Congressperson has felt the need to change it. For
> > >all practical purposes their plan works like this:
> > >
> > >When they retire, they continue to draw the same pay
> > >until they die, except it may increase from time to
> > >time for cost of living adjustments. For example,
> > >former Senator Byrd and Congressman White and their
> > >wives may expect to draw $7,800,000 - that's Seven
> > >Million, Eight Hundred Thousand), with their wives
> > >drawing $275,000.00 during the last years of their
> > >lives.
> > >
> > >This is calculated on an average life span for each.
> > >
> > >Their cost for this excellent plan is $00.00. These
> > >little perks they voted for themselves is free to
> > >them. You and I pick up the tab for this plan.
> > >
> > >The funds for this fine retirement plan come directly
> > >from the General Fund--our tax dollars at work! From our own
Social
> > >Security Plan, which you and I pay (or have paid) into
> > >-- every payday until we retire (which amount is
> > >matched by our employer) --we can expect to get an
> > >average $1,000 per month after retirement. Or, in
> > >other words, we would have to collect our average of
> > >$1,000 monthly benefits for 68 years and one month to
> > >equal Senator Bill Bradley's benefits!
> > >
> > >Social Security could be very good if only one small
> > >change were made. And that change would be to jerk
> > >the Golden Fleece Retirement Plan from under the
> > >Senators and Congressmen. Put them into the Social
> > >Security plan with the rest of us and then watch how
> > >fast they would fix it.
> > >
> > >If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of
> > >awareness will be planted and maybe good changes will
> > >evolve. WE, each one of us... can make a difference..
> > >
> > >
> > >How many people can YOU send this to