[elpadre]

I believe these “victims compensation funds” are a travesty and must come to a halt. The 9/11 victims families are ALL millionaires today because of the death of someone else. Widows and children should certainly be taken care of, but these draconian payments are obscene.

ditto Virginia Tech and the I-35 disasters.

[weegee]

I’ve heard estimates of $250,000-450,000 being spent per person in Katrina.

We don’t need catastrophic life insurance and now we don’t need property insurance either.

[wideminded]

The 9/11 victims families are ALL millionaires today because of the death of someone else. Widows and children should certainly be taken care of, but these draconian payments are obscene.

The only reason congress authorized huge payments to 9/11 families was so that they would not sue the airlines. The bill was passed because of pressure from the airlines. IIRC the payments were based on the future lifetime earnings of the person who died.