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However, I would like to ask two questions. Who thinks Jeremy Click earned $10,000/month?

You mean, $120,000 per year? I do. He lived in New Jersey and was described in one web bio as:

Glick has been one of the top performing sales managers of the San Mateo, Calif.-based Vividence since he joined the company in May 2000.

It is possible that he was making even more than that.

And why is his wife "tapped out" after three months when she received $30,000?

FYI, property taxes of $5,000 per year are not uncommon in New Jersey, auto insurance can run in the $1,000 - $2,000 per year range. Good houses cost over $150,000 and newer homes can run easily into the $400,000 to $500,000 range. Assume that they were living at their means, she could easily be paying $2,500 to $3,000 or maybe much more per month in morgage payments and property taxes. A nice car can run you $300 to $400 per month or more. Assume they had two. So that's probably another $800 per month for the cars and insurance. None of this would have been extravagent in New Jersey if he had the salary to support it. Do I really need to go on? If anyone has the name of the town he lived in (some quick searches didn't turn it up for me), we can find the average home cost and property taxes there if you really want.

You just listed approximately $5,000/month in expenses...for 3 months $15,000.....all I am saying is she should still have some money...."tapped out" to me means "tapped out" and losing her house because she can't pay the mortgage means she and her husband were living ABOVE his means...if they have 2 cars...she can't drive them both...if he didn't have life insurance...and he had a mortgage and 2 small children, that is extremely poor planning on his part. All I am saying is that these people have to take some responsibility for their lives. What would she have done if he had been killed in a car accident? Having said all that, I still think she is entitled to a share of the money donated for 9/11 victims. That's why I donated....and why I am sure everyone else donated.

Good houses cost over $150,000 and newer homes can run easily into the $400,000 to $500,000 range. Assume that they were living at their means, she could easily be paying $2,500 to $3,000 or maybe much more per month in morgage payments and property taxes.

Yes, but should the United Way and Red Cross be expected to keep the survivors living in the same lifestyle they had prior to the attack? If so these organizations will need to raise hundreds of billions to keep the families of stock brokers and bond traders living at the lifestyle they are accustomed.

It is interesting that we do not here the voices of the families of the bus boys, maids, janitors and service workers that were killed in the attack. Have they received $30,000.00 or are they just keeping quiet and thanking God for the time they did have with their loved one?

Glick has been one of the top performing sales managers of the San Mateo, Calif.-based Vividence since he joined the company in May 2000.

He may have been a 'top performing sales manager', but who knows what that means monetarily? And if he just joined them in May of 2000, he would only have had a year and a few months of any large salary or commissions. Uncle Sam would have gotten at least 25-30% of that. Considering the fact that he was so young, he and his wife my BOTH have had large college debt, they had the mortgage, and car payments. And as someone mentioned before, New Jersey has high property taxes, and sales taxes on everything.

She needs a financial advisor NOW! Surely there is someone who would do it pro-bono for her. That would be a good service for financial advisors to perform, helping the families of those killed in these attacks; and I'm including Flight 93 in that group!