I don’t get this issue at all. When 9/11 happened, the families were given millions of dollars by our government....taxpayer money. Lots of people are killed every day that won’t get a penny from anyone, so that was a real and large blessing. Anyone handed a million dollars tax free, has no money problems...so why do they want to sue the Saudi’s?
Because they’re culpable and it acts as a deterrent for other future state actors. If you were to lose your child to murder, would a million dollars in blood money make it square?
I said the same thing at the time. Not only did the families get millions from the tax-payers, but new charities sprang up over night and gave them millions more.
As horrific as 9/11 was, I never got being in the wrong place at the wrong time warranted tax dollars to the families, that's what life insurance is for. I gave countless examples of other man-made atrocities where surviving relatives were not granted tax dollars (think Oklahoma City for one).
And what about since 9/11 with the Boston bombing, San Bernardino murders, Orlando, plus various mass murders in schools, a theater etc.? Where's their tax money?
Don't mean to be callous, but I never got it. Everyone is in danger every day of losing their life due to man-made or natural disasters. Auto accidents account for more people killed than any thing. Again, being at the wrong spot on the road at the wrong time.
The only surviving families I believe warrant extra tax dollars are those of the Military, Cops, and Firemen who die in the line of duty after volunteering to give their lives for others.