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, November 06, 2001 8:30 AM Reimbursement to Victims As someone who lives in Northern New Jersey but was not directly affected by the disaster, I felt the same horror and sympathy for the victims and families as many Americans did. And I was moved by the plight of the victim's families and contributed to the charitable funds that collected money to help those left behind. However, I cannot agree with any decision to have the government provide money to the families that does not take into account the money that they receive from charity. My intention was to help the victims - college funding, mortgages, day to day expenses, even psychiatric help if needed. But if they have enough money to assist them in continuing with life, I don't see why these victims should receive even more money. Even families that lost a wage earner -- who is to say that in a few years, they remarry and have another means of support?? Indeed, as some have noted in the press, victims of other terrorist attacks were not even the beneficiaries of charity in the order of magnitude seen for this disaster. I am heartened to see that we can soften the blow that these families took (although let's acknowledge that no amount of money can take away the pain of losing a loved one), but money is a finite resource. The money "given" to the families by the government, in the absence of real need, could be better spent on the many other things that government needs to provide to ALL Americans - protection against future attacks, cures for disease, feeding the hungry, health insurance for the uninsured, better schools, unemployment benefits ........the list is endless. So in summary, provide for the true needs of the families, but don't just give away tax money in a misguided and hopeless attempt to equate dollars with empathy. Individual Comment Short Hills, New Jersey September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. 2001-11-06 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 dojW000019.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. 2001-11-06