STEVEN A. McCALEB
103 ALVERADO DRIVE
LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI 39560
PHONE & FAX: (228)-868-8428
STEVEN A. McCALEB
103 ALVERADO DRIVE
LONG BEACH, MISSISSIPPI 39560
PHONE & FAX: (228)-868-8428
Since
each state elects their elected officials, the voters and taxpayers should be
the ones, which should set their salaries.
By not
doing so, they, (your elected officials) have taken advantage of the states
taxpayers and have set themselves up for the rest of there lives.
When
being elected officials becomes a business instead of serving the public, which
is, suppose to be the reason for running for elected office.
Each
state should vote on the salaries and retirement benefits of there elected
officials, lets face the facts, they work for the voter and taxpayers not
self-employed like the believe they are.
Sent by: Steve Stevens
By
Rush Limbaugh...
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 September
11th 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. 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 be 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 they may receive
a pension of $1,000 per month, while the politicians,
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.
If you agree the salary and benefits of your elected officials need to be changed please contact your Congressman and Senator in Washington, DC.
STEVEN
A. McCALEB
MY OPINION