[blackdog]

And just when is someone from the Bush Administration going to send 9/11th's of the $38,000,000,000 bill to the Saudi State Department? I mean if nine of the eleven involved were from Saudi Arabia and here on Visa's, expired or good, their home country is responsible for their conduct.

How about it?

[JFC]

That is why NY is not a red state like Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City vicitms got nothing.... and you never hear them complaining. Maybe NY folks could take a lesson from the heartland on this issue.

I think the OKC famalies are very much as hero as those who died on 9-11. In some cases more so, when it comes to wanting money.

I love our fire fighters and all who died on that day, they will all be hero's in my mind, but OKC, seems to get it a lot more than those who have lawyers knocking at their door.

Not to mention what those law suits did to our gov't and our economy!

[R. Scott]

Well, it did save the airlines a pile of money.

[thoughtomator]

This is shameful. We need to recoup every dollar and then some from the Saudis. We can take it right out of their jihad-subsidy accounts.

[Who dat?]

First responders received an average of $1.1 million more than civilians with similar economic losses, the study found. Most of the extra money came from charities.

Well, yes, of course.

Several of my relatives are retired firefighters and the way I remember their insurance working is that they had a “regular” taxpayer-financed policy that paid some multiple (ten, IIRC) of their monthly earnings. That was paid out if they died off the job.

Then they had a second (taxpayer-financed) policy that covered them if they were killed while on-duty. The last I heard (cousin that retired in ~1986) they were good for something like $1.4 million per. Remember though, that’s only if they are killed on the job.

Police have similar policies. At least my retired police relatives did.

I know the families may hate losing their parent/spouse in something like that, but they sure as hell won’t be missing any house payments for a good long while.

Of all people that really don’t require “extra money” it’s police and fire, IMO. They’re taken care of all ready, and to a much more extravagant level than their civilian counterpart.

[blackdog]

Let's petition the Bush Administration to offer a UN resolution that any country who suffers economic losses due to acts of foreign visitors(terrorists) must recompensate the harmed country for the illegal acts of it's citizens. Whoever's passport they gained entry on should suffice. Those passports are handled thru their versions of their state departments and embassies here in America. In essence, requiring them to "bond" their people who enter our country, or Spain, or Israel, or Ivory Coast, or Kosovo, Russia, etc....

Part of any UN security actions toward a nation on behalf of the other member nations would involve a revocation of the "Bonds". IOW, no member(citizen) of a country who has been sanctioned by the UN Security Council would be granted a bonded visa, effectively containing them into an unbearable diplomatic isolation. As for terrorists from Saudi who operate thru Syria, or other front hosts for terrorism, it would be a good incentive for countries "not sponsoring but yet not irradicating terrorism" reason to shoot the bastards dead.

[2banana]

The report by Rand Institute for Social Justice found that civilians killed or injured have received an average of $3.1 million per person from the government, charities and insurance companies, or $8.7 billion.

This also includes illegal immigrants. Why would anyone ever buy life insurance again...

[Brilliant]

A waste of money.

[Shellback Chuck]

Guess how much a military family gets when a soldier is killed, ain't no 3 million.

[Bob J]

That's why they voted for Kerry. A grab and run...

[Lunkhead_01]

100% of the total should have been picked up by insurance companies (which means the total should have been about $30 billion less than what the families of the victims received). If the victims did not have sufficient insurance, why should the American taxpayer pick up the tab for their foolishness?