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. Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:33 AM Beware of entitlement programs My dear America: Terrorism is designed not only to bring heartache but also to riddle a society with unanswerable questions. Certainly one such question is how to compensate for the loss of life. Of course, there is no way to compensate for the loss of a loved one, which is why naming a fund from which monies will be distributed to survivors of a terrorist attack a "compensation" fund is a terrible mistake. But is not the most grave mistake the United States is poised to make in the face of these atrocities. By paying entitlement sums to victims of a terrorist attack, the government is accepting at least partial responsibility for the attacks and setting an extremely unwise precedent. What happens when terror strikes again or when a natural disaster, like an earthquake, hits part of the country? At what point will the government be able to get away without spending billions upon billions of dollars to "compensate" for the loss of life? Of course, our government has a responsibility to protect its citizens from acts of terrorism. No one would argue otherwise. But to create an entitlement program which pays out every time we are caught off guard by those with previously unimaginable evil in their hearts is to threaten the very financial security necessary to prevent future attacks. How many attacks will it take to spend ourselves into recession? Then where will the victims' loved ones - or those of the next attack - be? Sincerely, Individual Comment Patriot September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2002-01-22 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 dojN002243.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. 2002-01-22