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. Saturday, December 22, 2001 11:27 AM THE PLAN I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY GOVERNMENT MAKES EVERYTHING SO COMPLICATED! WHY NOT A FLAT RATE FOR EVERYONE, AND EXTRA FOR EACH DEPENDENT? SIMPLE? I THINK SO! AND MR. FEINBERG, LET'S NOT HAVE TO HEAR YOU SAY THIS IS A 'CHARITABLE GESTURE FROM THE TAXPAYERS' AGAIN! THE COMMENT MAKES ME THINK THAT IT WAS YOUR INTENTION TO AGITATE THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER INTO A BELIEF THAT THE FAMILIES ARE SIMPLY UNGRATEFUL IF THEY DON'T BUY INTO THIS DEAL COMPLETELY. HOGWASH! YOU ARE TAKING THE RIGHTFUL ABILITY TO LITIGATE AWAY FROM EACH FAMILY. THAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM A BUSINESS DEAL, WITH MY SIDE UNABLE TO NEGOTIATE THANKS TO CONGRESS. OUR &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp WAS A POLICEMAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE SAVING OTHERS ON THAT UGLY DAY. POLICE OFFICER &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp, 30, WAS A MEMBER OF THE NYPD ELITE EMERGENCY SERVICE UNIT, &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp. NOW WE ARE TOLD WE MUST DEDUCT HIS LIFE INSURANCE FROM THE 'AWARD' AND A VAGUE 'PENSION ADJUSTMENT'. YOU WEREN'T PAYING HIS INSURANCE PREMIUMS, HE WAS. AND WE WOULD RATHER HAVE HIM ALIVE WITH US TODAY TO COLLECT HIS OWN PENSION. A PENSION, I MIGHT ADD, THAT HE CONTRIBUTED TO. WHY NOT DEDUCT HOME EQUITY, STOCKS AND BONDS, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND I WILL LOOK FOR A JAR IN THE HOUSE WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME SPARE CHANGE WE CAN ROLL UP AND DEDUCT FROM THIS 'CHARITABLE GESTURE' AS WELL. "CHARITABLE GESTURE ON THE PART OF THE TAXPAYERS" IS A FREE TICKET TO A MOVIE I'VE SEEN A HUNDRED TIMES BEFORE. NO THANKS. I JUST KNOW THAT WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, SOMEHOW, THE &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp WILL OWE THE GOVERNMENT MONEY! RESPECTFULLY, Individual Comment PLAINVIEW, NEW YORK September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-22 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 dojN000689.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. 2001-12-22