N001511
Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:43 AM
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
January 9, 2002
Director, Office of Management Programs Kenneth Zwick
USDoJ, Main Building, Room 3140
950 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20530
Director, Office of Management Programs Zwick:
as someone who lost my father in the world trade center along with many
peole that my family knew that worked in the upper floors of 1 world trade
center, i feel that the proposed details and stipulations of the fund are
extremely unfair to many. my mother, brother and I were very
disssapointed when we heard the results. my father was 54 years old, was
planning on working for many more years, he loved his job, had worked
there for about 20 years and was very successful at what he did. he made
much more that the cap of $225,000. i do not see how one can cap
someone's earnings at that rate. then to take out what someone's family
has received in life insurance and donations from the many charities. one
would think that at a time like this, that the government would give some
kind of payback to those people that have been paying the majority of the
taxes over the years. basically as it works out, we would not see any
such beneifts from the fund, we might even end up paying the government
money. if the government could spend all those billions of dollars to
bail out the airlines after the weeks of sept. 11, you would think that it
could assist those people better. i could see if my father had died of
natural causes, but this was an act or terrorism. there should be some
kind of better solution to this fund to make it equitable to those on the
higher end of the scale who have been eliminated from the scale or capped
out at $225,000. some may think that if someone made all that money that
they dont need any more assistance from the fund, but guess what , my mom
has mortgages, she has cars, she pays taxes and she does have normal
expenses like everyone else. they may be proportionately higher, but they
are still expenses. it should be interesting to see what eventually
happens, i know many peole that have lost their spouse, and they are
extremly unhappy. thank you for allowing me to express a small portion of
my opinion.
Sincerely,
Individual Comment
West Palm Beach, FL