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. Friday, December 21, 2001 8:57 AM Obscene You know, everyone has to hate and despise the tragic events of 9/11. It is tragic for any family to lose a loved one prematurely for any reason. However for the U.S. government to suddenly become Santa Claus for victim's families at the expense of the U.S. tax-payer is obscene! Those poor victim's are entitled to no more and no less that any other person whose life is terminated as a result of someone's malice or negligence. Is the U.S. government going to subsidize all future victims of terrorism? What compensation do families of servicemen get? Why aren't they getting as much or even more for dying for our country? Why aren't all accident victims subsidized regardless of who caused their untimely deaths? The point is that our government has no business in getting into the insurance business. We taxpayers can't afford it Who sponsored this obscene legislation so that we voters can hold them accountable? On a final note, if the government is in the compensation business, then everyone should receive the same amount, regardless of his age, status, or income level (and that includes those who had the foresight to purchase ordinary life insurance). Although I realize that this message is about as productive as pissing in the wind, I would appreciate an answer from a responsible official. Sincerely, Individual Comment September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-12-21 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 dojN000379.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. 2001-12-21