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Tuesday, November 06, 2001 1:10 PM
San Diego Union-Trib says gov't invites comments
I was so relieved to hear about the generosity of Americans towards all
victims of the WTC tragedy. One of my first thoughts was that it would allow
our government to funnel funds towards fighting terrorists plus security at
home, and that is the way it should be, in my opinion.
What is distressing about the confusion of the charities involved towards
dispensing that millions of dollars received is that they weren't smart
enough to set up a central system PDQ - only those willing to fill out
duplicate applications (which should be unnecessary if a data bank were
shared) will receive help while others who are less aggressive will go
wanting. The Red Cross is partly to blame here, stating initially that
sharing info would be a breach of confidence for recipients. How stupid that
sounds.
Please let Americans help the victims while gov't money protects the rest of
us.
Individual Comment
San Diego, CA