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 6:23 PM comment from taxpayer.. not a claimant I initially supported the idea behind this fund, but what's surfacing now is greed on the part of many victim's families. I'd like to make the following points 1. No-one can be compensated with Money in a manner that will comletely alleviate the horror of losing a loved one in the Sept 11 attack. I hear the victim's families over and over saying publicly, $XX is not enough, etc. No it isn't and it won't be. 2. US Taxpayers are giving this money out of concern and love, not because we OWE it to the survivors. We have situations now where Mothers of victims for instance are demanding payments, when there is no financial disruption at all to their lives. THis is dishonorable and greedy. 3. Families that were making $25,000 per year (by one report) are complaining that $1.6 million doesn't compensate. We should feel sorry and sympathy, but we shouldn't make someone rich over this loss. 4. The government should stick by the ruling and fight it in court that taking the payment negates the right to sue for further damages. I find the posturing of various lawyer associations on this subject disgusting. Enough is enough, and further lawsuits should be banned. Furthermore, a time table should be established beyond which claimants cannot ask for the money. This would encourage them to stop the posturing. THank you.. Individual Comment Lilburn, GA I am 52, male, and the president of a corporation. 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 dojN002336.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