N001431
Monday, January 07, 2002 7:51 PM
I JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT!
AFTER READING YOUR ARTICLE ON THE WTC VICTIMS RESTITUTION LAWS I JUST HAD TO
PUT IN MY TWO CENTS. BEING A MOTHER OF TWO MYSELF AND RAISING THEM ALONE INTO
THE GREAT ADULTS THEY ARE TODAY I TRULY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS EXTREMELY
LARGE AND UNFOUNDED RESTITUTION AMOUNT FOR THE SURVIVOR OF THE VICTIMS THE
WTC. I WILL BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY HOW SORRY AND UNBELIEVABLE THIS
CATASTROPHE IS NOT JUST TO THEM BUT TO ALL AMERICANS AND FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS
ON THIS EARTH. ALBEIT A GENEROUS OFFER OF SUCH A LARGE SUM OF MONEY FOR THE
SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS IT SEEMS A BIT OUT OF LINE FOR THE REST OF AMERICA
THAT LOST SOMEONE IN WW1, WW2, VIET NAM, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS, HOLOCAUST
VICTIM SURVIVORS ETC. I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY AMERICA IS SO RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE TRAGEDY OF SEPT. 11 SURELY THESE PEOPLE NEED FINANCIAL HELP BUT DOES
THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS IN THE WTC WARRANT MORE VALUE THEN THE LITTLE
GIRL THAT WAS KILLED BY A DRUNK DRIVER? DO THE LIVES OF ALL THE SURVIVORS OF
FIRES AND EARTHQUAKES, TORNADOES, HURRICANES, FLOODS AND MANY OTHER DISASTERS
NOT WARRANT SOME FORM OF LIFE LONG FINANCIAL FREEDOM AS THE GOVERNMENT IS
GIVING TO THE WTC SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS? WHAT ON GODS GREEN EARTH MAKES
ALL AMERICANS, AMERICANS? WE ARE A NATION OF PRIVILEGE AND PRIDE, A NATION OF
LOVE AND DEMOCRACY, BUT WE ARE NOT A NATION OF MAKING MILLIONAIRES OUT OF THE
REMAINING DISASTER SURVIVORS. THE RESTITUTION FOR THE WTC FAMILIES IS WELL
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY TO ALLOW AMERICANS TO PUT MORE VALUE ON ONE
DEAD AMERICAN THEN THE OTHER. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION ALL AMERICANS WERE
CREATED EQUAL, THEN WHY DO THESE PEOPLE DESERVE TO BECOME MILLIONAIRES MORE
THEN ANY OTHER SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBER OF ANY OTHER DISASTER. YES, THESE
FAMILIES NEED AND DESERVE HELP BUT DOESN'T ANY AMERICAN UNDER ANY DISASTER
DESERVE THE SAME RESTITUTION'S? MY TAX DOLLARS DON'T EVEN PUT A DENT IN A
SODA POP CAN BUT I HAVE TO SAY IF IT IS TO BE DONE FOR ONE IT SHOULD BE DONE
FOR ALL, OR AREN'T WE STILL AMERICANS, AND AREN'T WE STILL EQUAL?
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