[HenryLeeII]

And a GI grunt who is killed in Iraq and Afghanistan - his wife gets $12,000 from the government for funeral expenses.

Exactly. And if I'm murdered today, how much does my wife get from the federal taxpayer, ahem, government? The 9/11 families that have been complaining about how little they're getting from my tax dollars should just shut up and be thankful they're getting anything. I'm sure its a minority of the families, and they're probably many of the same ones that are stalking the 9/11 Commission hearings and ranting about it all being Bush's fault.

Henry Lee II
"Leftists are crazed and violent people,
With the blood of millions on their hands.”

[Hildy]

My friend, an experienced Navy Seal (he's an instructor here in San Diego) was deployed yesterday. He can't tell us where, just somewhere in Africa...no contact...no emails...not even phone calls are to be expected. Three months (so they say). We're very sad today.

[monday]

"The 9/11 families that have been complaining about how little they're getting from my tax dollars should just shut up and be thankful they're getting anything."

Those families are NOT responsible for the victim's compensation fund. The POLITICIANS are. If you were entitled to a share of the fund, you would be collecting all you could as well. You would be stupid if you didn't.

It's like blaming welfare programs, and benefits, on welfare recipients. None of them would receive a dime either if our stupid politicians didn't provide the programs that pay them.

If you are surprised that yet another gov't program (the victim's compensation fund) is poorly administered, and unfair, then you haven't been paying attention.

[NCC-1701]

One thing that's puzzled me. Didn't those who died in the 9-11 attacks already have insurance policies with the companies they worked for? Seems to me that if that was so, the insurance companies, not the taxpayers, should be the ones making compensation. Am I missing something?