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Verizon Charged Marine's Widow an Early Termination Fee
In a decision that was reversed as soon as someone with half a brain in their PR department learned about it, Verizon charged a widow a $350 early termination fee. After the death of her marine husband, Michaela Brummund decided to move back to her home town to be with her family. Verizon doesn't offer any coverage in the small town so Michaela tried to cancel her contract, only to be hit with an early termination fee. From the article: "'I called them to cancel. I told them the situation with my husband. I even said I would provide a death certificate,' Michaela said."
For clarification, the previous poster is not a legal professional.
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So he makes a grand total of approximately 2641.6 a month to defend our country
Explain to me what exactly the war has to do with defending our country?
The US has only fought one war in the last century that involved defending our country, and that was fighting against the Japanese during WWII because they attacked Pearl Harbor first. The rest of them were pointless wars for politicians personal agendas and the safety of the US and it's citizens was never threatened.
Oh, and your figures are severely skewed because you forgot to take into account the fact that when he's deployed the military covers all of his expenses, so that money is pure profit.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~Thomas Jefferson
I've never met one, but most Mob hitmen are likely much more honourable than U.S. soldiers who shoot first--and indiscriminately--and ask questions later. Killing is never acceptable, but at least a mob hitman has a single target which he or she takes out without involving innocent people. Soldiers pretend to care about that, but in reality, they always put their own lives ahead of anyone else, and almost never do they have to stand trial for their "mistakes."
But *this* woman's husband died serving our country, while getting paid less than a garbage man in most large cities.
Can we please kill this myth? First of all, garbage men AND military people make more money than most people think. Saying somebody makes less than a garbage man is misleading. In Seattle, WA, (according to the Googles) they can make upwards of $60k a year.
Here's what this guy was making a month:
$1923 base pay (E3 with 3+ years)
$963 housing (or housing provided for him)
$323 food
$225 imminent danger pay (while deployed)
$250 Family Separation Allowance (while deployed)
??? - special skills pay (could be airborne, a linguist, etc., but the article doesn't say)
The guy was making $45,000/year with no education and very little experience. Not too shabby for someone in their early 20s.