These people ARE GREEDY and it soils the whole effin mess even more! I have seen these sorry excuses for people in interviews. For victims of the attack on 911 they and their lawyers display sickening pre-911 thinking so typical of the Klinton greedy 90's. These people had husbands who made six figure salaries but apparently they did not feel it necessary to save any money or take out any insurance. Everybody knows families like this - those who live expensive lives on credit and end up not leaving a damn thing for their children. And now they claim that $1.6 million is not enough? Pathetic.
The people complaining are not those whose breadwinners had no insurance. Those families will be getting close to the average of $1.6 million -- or even more. The people complaining are those whose breadwinners took out life insurance, and once that is paid to them, end up getting none of the taxpayer money. In other words, they want their private funds, they want the charity money, and they want a government payment. And if they don't get it, they cry that it's "unfair."
That's greed. And while I'm sad for their loss, I find it disgusting.
Here is a chart that was in the Wall Street Journal last week, to give you an idea of who is complaining:
Victim: A 42-year-old computer programmer, married with three children.
Base award: $2.2 million to $2.4 million (from the federal government) based on an annual income of $130,000.
Deductions:
Life insurance -----------------$1.5 million
American Express Insurance ---------$250,000
Insurance paid by employer ---------$100,000
Accidental death insurance ---------$650,000
Social Security --------------------$558,720
Net award--------------------------$0
Why should this family get a cent of my taxes redirected to them?