Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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. Message: Constituent comments on The Interim Final Rule Implementing pl 107-42. Congressman Sununu asks That you carefully consider her thoughts. Thank you. January 17, 2001 Congressman Sununu, I would like to express my concerns regarding the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. My faith in our government has long been instilled upon my by my parents and I believe it was Congresses' intent to treat the victims families fairly. Not in excess, but fairly while also protecting the airlines and other entities. Whether I agree with this tactic is not important at the moment. What is important is that the current regulations of the Victim Compensation Fund fall far short of the intent. I am a Republican and do not believe in entitlements, but it is my right as a citizen of the United States to seek full compensation for my husband's death. This right was severed in the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act when Congress limited the airlines and other entities liability to their insurance limits thereby leaving me with no recourse but the "Fund". If the current regulations are not changed I will receive nothing. Under the economic portion of the Victim Compensation Fund 's financial worth is grossly underestimated, if my economists are correct 75-100% off the mark. The retirement age of 62 is unreasonable. at 62 would have still had one of our daughters in her 2nd year of college. Retirement would not have been an option and as an engineer he would have done consulting for many years if he had received mandatory retirement from . I am not sure I can put into words how offended I am with the "Collateral Sources" that are to be deducted. Life Insurance was saved for and paid for by us, not the government. 's pension plan was earned by him alone and I will not collect this for 23 years. 23 years is a long time, who knows what could happen by then. Travel accident insurance was paid for by on behalf of their employees. The only collateral sources that do not entirely bother me are those payments I am receiving from the federal government i.e. Social security. All others are an offense. was a hard working, sensible man. We saved diligently and live very modestly. What we have was saved for and paid for by us in case the worst happened. It did and now the Victim Compensation Fund is punishing me for that. President Bush has long been an advocate of getting the money i.e. Social security back into the hands of the people to invest and save as they see fit. Why bother when it is held against you. It is incorrect to try to equalize people financially. Why should someone in the same salary range as who decided to go on vacation instead of buying life insurance get more from the "Fund" than I will. Congressman Sununu please do whatever you can to pressure the Department of Justice and Special Master Feinberg into changing the current regulations. I do not believe it was your intent to penalize the victims of the tragedy of September 11. Renew my faith. Sincerely, Individual Comment Hudson, NH September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-01-17 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource dojN002534.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. 2001-01-17