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. Monday, January 28, 2002 1:27 PM Victim's Fund Comments Gentlemen, I write this strictly as a private citizen and in now way do I represent the opinion of this company. First, my heart goes out to all the victims of the events caused by the Sept 11 Terrorist Attack on this country - and that is roughly 285,000,000 people in these United States, plus or minus a few million given the political vagaries of the last Census. I am one of them. I hurt, too. My faith in the belief of the inherent good of all mankind has been shattered. I cannot sleep well at night, knowing my comrades in arms are in harm's way attempting to deflect that evil from again penetrating our lives. Some are already dead. I am sure that in a few years we will have additional victims step forward whose health has been afflicted by the horrendous dust clouds containing who knows what toxic fumes when the Towers collapsed. In that sense all of America is a victim, and we should all receive a slice of that Victim's Fund. That would make everyone's share about $2.97. For those who feel like their own lives, or the lives of their lost family members were worth more in total than anyone else's, I say NUTS! In no other incident in American History have victims of the event been compensated so mightily. And yet in the first outpouring of federal largesse for a tragedy of evil proportions, the miniscule receiver group has the audacity to define their individual loved one's worth in greater proportion to another in order to increase their payout. What unmitigated gall! The government - e.g., the Taxpayer - e.g. ME - is under no obligation to see that you receive lifetime compensation for what is the result of madmen's terrorism. First I see nothing wrong in the amount and the rules. It has never been done before, so pay everyone the same, regardless of perceived worth. $1,650,000 TAX FREE dollars, even at 5% annual return, provides $82,500 per year, FOREVER! That is a handsome payout under any circumstances. Reducing the individual amount by the insurance and benefits received permits the individual amount to increase. This is a good thing. The money is not a reward to provide for a full life forever; it is designed to permit people to cope, change their direction, heal and move on. The family of the firefighter and policeman who died the day before DOING THEIR JOB AS THE THOSE ON 9-11 will receive no 'Victim's Fund' compensation. Those servicemen and women who died and continue to die in Afghanistan supporting the Al Qeada root out so that America will be safe ALSO WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY VICTIM'S FUND COMPENSATION! Where is the share of the victim's fund that is going to the CIA agent killed in the prison uprising that uncovered the American Al Qaeda? This was a tragedy - no doubt. And it affected America - we all grieve. But if we continue to permit this petty diversity to be the rule, we are doomed as a nation. Who will pay the Victim's Fund then? Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-28 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 dojP000236.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. 2002-01-28