dojN001510.xml

dojN001510.xml

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2002-01-10

Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:13 PM
Equal for All??

Dear Sirs,

Utilizing your "Presumed Loss Calculation Tables" and applying it to the recent military airplane crash in Pakistan:

If applying your age/wage compensation charts to the death of the 25-year old female Marine Sergeant on board that airplane, would I be about correct in assuming that her family members/survivors should be entitled to roughly $1,754,577???

Or, would I be closer to correct if I assumed her family members/survivors will only receive the current standard payout for a government insurance policy -- the maximum benefit of which is $250,000 for an active duty military member???.

Am I also closer to correct in assuming that her family members/survivors will only receive a total burial benefit from Social Security, in the amount of $250.00 (that's two hundred and fifty dollars!)???

My heartfelt sympathy goes to the 9/11/01 victims and their families. Yet it is also my heartfelt opinion that our American government is setting a faulty precedence by establishing a value for the lives lost on 9/11/01 and ignoring all others, including our active duty military. As a taxpayer, I am strongly opposed.

Sincerely,

Individual Comment

2002-01-10