N002221
Tuesday, January 22, 2002 9:38 AM
Comments on the Proposed Rule
I would like to submit the following comments on the regulations proposed as
a "Victims Compensation Act":
Yesterday on the news, we heard about how the US, who had already pledged
$200 million some odd dollars in humanitarian aid to Afganistan was leading
other countries toward contributing funds to rebuild Afganistan by pledging
another $400 million some odd dollars.
This morning on the news we heard that the Special Master and the
Compensation Fund was limiting payouts to victims families to $1.6 million
dollars. The Special Master was on the Today show this morning explaining
why he would have to deduct from the $1.6 million dollar total any amounts
that victim's families received from pensions/life insurance/etc.
The juxtaposition of these news stories could boggle the mind. We are
bargaining down the amount that we pay to victims families while at the same
time pledging billions of dollars to rebuild the country that we are still
in the process of destroying. The worst part about it is that Americans
don't even seem to notice that a billion of their tax dollars is being spent
to rebuild the damage done by billions of their other tax dollars. I think
every American would prefer to have their tax money spent to compensate
victims and their families. I will be copying members of Congress and the
White House on this email, however, it is likely that they are too busy
investigating someone shreading paper at Enron to notice. Perhaps one of
you will read this and take some action on behalf of victims and taxpayers
everywhere.
Very truly yours,
Individual Comment