P000145
Saturday, January 26, 2002 4:09 AM
Re: September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001
While I was not directly affected by the events of 09-11, I am still a
United States citizen and as such I vote in elections.
I believe that the people complaining on this web site about victims
families being paid are the most selfish, greedy beings on this earth.
They have no concept of health care issues or what it's like to have
your world turned upside-down in a minute.
As a Medicare recipient, I know how little insurance covers the needs
that are highlighted in this instance. Most companies pay only 45% or
less of psychological care; something many of the people left behind
will need. As a disabled person, not only can I not find doctors who
will even TAKE me as a patient because of my medical insurance, but I
can not afford to go to the doctor because of the level of coverage.
Mental health care is expensive, not to mention the many other things a
family must consider when it has completely lost all its income.
These heartless complaints about victims receiving money from the
government have no consideration for the children or the spouses left
behind. They don't have children who must face complete loss. I was
homeless for a year and a half while I waited for the government to
approve my disability. What my son and I went through trying to survive
on $200 per month, no human being should have to face. It scarred my
child terribly and five years later he still suffers from the
experience.
Please, take care of these families. Allow them to go forward with some
sense of dignity. They have suffered loss that never should have taken
place. As a government, we never should have sat idly by after the Cole
was attacked...but we never believed we'd be attacked at home. Now we
know and we have paid the price in irreplaceable lives. Our government
is at fault. It's about time they took care of their citizens and all
the people that were affected by this tragedy.
I am not rich. I have very little, but I would not wish this type of
tragedy on anyone and I would not kick my brother to the curb in his
hour of need. What we do to others, we do to ourselves. Let us support
one another instead of stabbing them in the back like many of our
veterans of war were and still are. We are the greatest nation in the
world. It's about time we started taking care of our own.
Individual Comment
Virginia Beach, VA