Susan Jaenke, whose daughter [Jaime] was the first female Iowan killed in Iraq...[has been] unable to access a $100,000 military death benefit to help raise Jaime's 9-year-old daughter, Kayla.
The death-benefit money is meant as a "bridge" paid within 24 hours to help families when a relative dies in the line of duty and their paychecks abruptly stop. But a federal law intended to guard against misuse bars the money from going to grandparents - even if they are the grandchildren's sole care providers, like Susan Jaenke and her husband, Larry.
The rule is a concern in a military with many female single parents, who rely on relatives to care for their children while they are deployed.
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I wouldn't be suprised if this sort of "benefit hold up" was happening all over the country, for various different reasons. If I was a military person, I'd be horrified by this. Fight for this country and then have it deny you a beneficiary. I mean, hell, isnt that supposed to be one of the perks? Oh, the military isn't full of perks now that it's broke, eh?
Also, I don't give a rats ass if the grandfather had drunk driving charge in the past, and has been in and out of work. You could say the same thing for mystep dad, but if the article was about him it'd fail to mention that he lives on a sizeable property of land, the charges were over 20 years ago, and he is in and out of work because he's RETIRED.
The article makes the grandparents seem like they're money hungry. As if they're going to take it and say "screw our daughters little girl, thanks for the cash."
"If it hadn't been for strangers sending us money, we would have lost our house," [Susan] said. "It was strangers that helped me, not our government."
Thats because our government isn't really "for the people" anymore.
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