INEQUITIES.

A motorcycle ride through Central Indiana helped raise $7,000 for the family of slain soldier Shawn Pahnke...

Attached to the Army's 1st Armored Division, Pahnke was killed by a sniper in Iraq on June 16. He was buried in his hometown of Manhattan, Ill., on June 26.

Indulge me as I dust off this old piece by Rush Limbaugh.

If you lost a family member in the September 11 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.

You do the math.