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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Department of Justice Emails
Description
An account of the resource
The Department of Justice received more than 11,000 e-mails in response to the agency's public solicitation for comments upon its plans to distribute the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 established by Congress to benefit the victims of September 11 and their families. These e-mails have been organized here by date.
September 11 Email
September 11 Email: Body
The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end.
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:51 AM
Subject: 9-11 Fund
My understanding of the purpose of the victim's compensation fund was
that taxpayer funds would be used to assist those in need due to sudden
and tragic loss in family income. A worthy goal. I do not support
claims by those who are not so affected. For example, I read an article
in the Los Angeles Times claiming that families of firefighters were
complaining because the benefits they were already entitled to receive
(i.e., life insurance, pension, health, etc.) were so generous that they
would receive basically nothing from the 9-11 fund because those
benefits have to be deducted under the formula. THAT IS EXACTLY THE WAY
IT SHOULD BE! These folks are unaffected financially by the tragedy.
We all empathize with the loss of a family member, but that loss can
never be compensated by money -- and should not be compensated by
taxpayers. Such complaints sound to me like a simple case of greed.
Even those complaining will still be entitled to receive monies from the
private charitable funds donated for that purpose. If I may quote
another fellow taxpayer "We feel your grief, really. I'm just wondering
if we have to feel your greed, too."
Individual Comment
September 11 Email: Date
The local time and date when the message was written.
2002-01-24
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
dojP000067.xml
911DA Item
Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item.
Status
The process status of this item.
approved
Consent
Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item.
full
Posting
Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item.
yes
Copyright
Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item.
yes
Source
The source of this item.
born-digital
Media Type
The media type of this item.
email
Created by Author
Whether the author created this item.
yes
Described by Author
Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author.
no
Date Entered
The date this item was entered into the archive.
2002-01-24