W000663
Monday, November 26, 2001 4:55 PM
9/11/01 Victims compensation
Dear Justice Dept. Persons:
After considerable reflection on the various options and competing
interests regarding the fund, the solution, in my opinion, should be one
of proportional fairness - including to taxpayers.
Immediate family (this should include domestic partners and those in
common law marriages) and dependents should be made financially sound
but not made rich by a compensation plan. This compensation should be
extended to family members in foreign countries.
Awards should be made taking charitable contributions into account e.g.
set a cap of 40-50K depending on how long the fund takes to actually
begin the compensation.
Compensation should be proportional so that the earning potential of a
surviving spouse who is well educated and could eventually have a good
paying job and perhaps where the mortgage on the family's home is being
paid by mortgage life insurance should receive proportionally less than
the not well educated or trained surviving spouse of of a dishwasher
formerly @ WOW.
The proportional nature of the awards should also take into account
benefits to be received from Social Security Survivors Insurance. Here
again, those without "legal" marriage may have difficulty getting the
necessary documentation to prove eligibility for survivors benefits for
themselves and their children.
I do not think that nondependent relatives (other than adult children
in higher education), should qualify for compensation other than funeral
or memorial service costs.
Lastly, there should be several "Special Masters" to oversee the fund.
I would like to see a mix of legal, social security and not for profit
overseers.
Sincerely,
Individual Comment