P000340
Saturday, February 02, 2002 8:34 AM
Sept 11 fund distribution
I've been quite shocked as to how much money has been allocated to the
Sept 11th victims. I personally feel that the average of $1.6 M is way out
of line and that taxpayers dollars shouldn't be used for this purpose. I
don't see how you can pay the Sept 11th people a sum of money like this and
then only pay US servicemen who have been killed the $250,000 value of their
SGLI. Also, considering that some of the victims of Sept 11th were military
families, how can you justify paying them $1.6M and then pay other servicemen
killed in Afghanistan OR other wars only the value of their SGLI? To sum
things up, I think the level of compensation bothers the average American who
is struggling to save enough money to retire someday. Its even more
bothersome knowing that the taxpayers are footing this bill and making the
Sept 11th families wealthy. In conclusion, I'm not sure that the taxpayers
owe the Sept 11th victims any compensation since past victims of accidents,
etc... haven't been compensated. If we have to compensate them, we certainly
shouldn't be giving them an affluent lifestyle and making it so they never
have to work again. That is not right.
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