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U.S. Senate Places Higher Value on Their Own Lives Than Those of Fallen Heroes | Doug Mainwaring

Saturday, October 19, 2013 19:14

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U.S. Senate Places Higher Value on Their Own Lives Than Those of Fallen Heroes

The U.S. Senate voted to award a $174,000 tax-free “death gratuity” to the widow of New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg, who was one of the richest members of Congress.

Thanks to the “Obama/Reid ‘no negotiation’ government shutdown,” we all learned that widowed spouses of our service members killed in action receive a “death gratuity” of just $100,000.

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We now know that the life of an elderly member of the U.S. Senate is worth exactly $74,000 more than the life of a U.S. serviceman killed in Afghanistan or Iraq.

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