N001383
Monday, January 07, 2002 12:16 AM
Federal Compensation Plan
I truly feel bad for anyone who lost a loved one in the WTC attack. It was
an unbelievably tragic and shocking part of our American History. Certainly
the people who lost someone have had untold pain and suffering; however, I
find it very morbid and almost disgusting that these people feel they should
be compensated for their pain and suffering. No amount of money can
reimburse them for their loved ones and no amount of money can remove the
pain and suffering. Yet in our society today, it seems we must always find
somebody to blame or someone who must pay!! Why the American taxpayer? Was
the America government at fault for what happened? How could you say so. I
do not believe that we could possibly look to our government to have
expected or prevented what happened on 9/11/01. I am not saying that these
people should receive nothing. I know there has been a private charity fund
which has accumulated millions of dollars and these people should be
generously compensated from that fund. Realize that if I die tomorrow for
whatever reason, it is ultimately my responsiblity to see that my family has
been taken care of through life insurance, investments, annuities,
retirement plans and even social security. Surely, the majority of the
people who worked in the WTC made enough money and were astute enough
business people to ensure their families future. This along with all the
private donations should more that take care of the survivors. However, the
federal government has already decided to reimburse people for these deaths.
Fine then keep the numbers such as the $250,000 cap reasonable. I read
where the average compensation would be $1.6 million--surely that is enough.
I have a college degree and if I work until I am 70, I will not earn that
much in my entire lifetime and neither will many Americans. So lets please
keep these figures reasonable and not look at compensating people for
something for which there is no compensation.
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