military death benefits

10/20/2013

Unit 2

www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2013/1009/Government-shutdown-affecting-military-death-benefits-Charity-steps-up

Now, this is just disturbing. So according to this story, a bill was passed about a week before insuring that the military would continue to be paid, but military death benefits were not included in this. Jay Carney says that lawmakers were told of this, but did nothing about it.

Thankfully, the families of those who had died in combat were not left long without the benefits that they deserved so much. The Fisher House foundation approached the government, and the government were happy to allow the charity to pay the death benefits while the government was shut down. Congress promised that they would be paid back once the government reopened.

All i want to say really on this is shame on the government, for making it necessary for a charity to step in to insure that the families of those who had made the ultimate sacrifice were not left without any means to support themselves. The men and women who die every day in the wars we fight leave behind loved ones, who need to be able to grieve for the one they lost without worrying about money. Bravo for the charity, to have the not only think of filling in for the government when they were negligent of their duty, but for doing so. The Fisher house Foundation did not have to step in, but they did. The government wasn't able to reach out to anyone, for help for this solution, but when this charity reached out, they accepted. Not only did they accept it, but they didn't seem to feel as if they had done anything wrong. there are some things, that no matter what happens, should continue to happen. Death benefits for military is one of those things, and because of a third party, they did happen.