N001570
Sunday, January 13, 2002 1:56 PM
Salaries
One of my largest concerns about the victim compensation fund is the
determination of income. I was fortunate to receive my husband's salary for
the entire year of 2001. Consequently this was also my husbands largest
salary to date. I feel that 2001 salaries should be considered if there is a
way to determine what the total compensation would have been. My husband had
taken on many additional responsibilities within his company and was fully
compensated with his 2001 salary. Considering my husband would have
continued to receive this salary in addition to annual increases, I feel that
the income for 2001 should be considered.
The second issue I have regarding the victim compensation, is in reference to
the reduction of the award by the amount of life insurance your spouse may
have had.
I do not feel that my family should be penialized because my husband decided
to purchase life insurance. It seems to me that the way the program is set
up, only familes who do not have life insurance stand to benefit from the
compensation program. If this is the case, I feel maybe the program should
be changed to distribute equal shares of the compensation to the families
without any salary considerations and deductions. An equal share for
everyone regardless of their economic status.
Individual Comment
Red Bank, New Jersey