Tell Congress to respect our service members and STOP the wi
 

More than 65,000 surviving military spouses and dependents are unjustly penalized because their loved ones made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Similar to life insurance, the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) is purchased through DOD by military retirees to ensure their surviving loved ones can maintain a modest standard of living. If a service member or veteran dies from injuries or illnesses related to their military service, survivors are eligible for VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC). Despite the two payments being paid for two different reasons from two different federal departments, all monthly SBP retirement payments are reduced by $1,319 –– the current payout for DIC benefits. For many survivors, this offset completely eliminates their SBP payments and threatens their financial security. The recent tax law makes this situation worse by doubling the tax on dependents to whom parents transferred SBP benefits to avoid having to forfeit DIC benefits.
Please Take Action: Contact your members of Congress and urge them to end the injustice now! These two benefits are completely separate and unrelated to each other.
Take action here - Tell Congress to respect our service members and STOP the widow tax, if you want to respond: http://ncoausa.org/legislative/advoc...5948%2fRespond

Re: Tell Congress to respect our service members and STOP th
 

Msg sent--- thanx Eddie

Re: Tell Congress to respect our service members and STOP th
 

If there's any substandard life form on earth worthy of annihilation, it's somebody who disrespects our Veterans.