Compare & Contrast

I recently got these statistics in an e-mail from a friend. The numbers do reflect “salaries”, but the real point here is that the recipients of the top four figures get these amounts as life-long “pensions”. And, just who do you think pays for all this?

 YOU DO!

I don’t think anyone who really works for a living can dispute the conclusion.

SALARIES

Salary of retired US Presidents ......................$180,000 PER YEAR/LIFE

Salary of House/Senate ..................................$174,000 PER YEAR/LIFE

Salary of Speaker of the House ......................$223,500 PER YEAR/LIFE

Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders .......... ..$193,400 PER YEAR/LIFE

Salary of Soldier deployed in Afghanistan ....$38,000 PER YEAR/ ?,???

I think we found where the cuts should be made!

On top of this, some Soldiers come home dead; all Soldiers come home wounded.