The way the people of the 9/11 were compensated has always been an issue. Due to the fact that typically life insurance payouts or even wrongful death lawsuits, the surviving spouse or relative is to be kept in a lifestyle they are somewhat used to. A fireman's wife would never have the life style of a wife of a stockbroker on the top floor of a Trade tower. However, more money may go to that spouse of a stockbroker over the fireman's wife. Due to the fact that their lifestyle was already being lead at a higher rate than the other person.
To us who donated money or who watch from the outside, this seems totally ridicolous. We think that the fireman's wife deserved the more money. However, would the fireman's wife feel better or be better now that she is richer than when her husband was alive? Could you imagine the guilt? Do you think that any of these widows would not return the money for one second to see their husbands again?
We donate money to a variety of causes everyday. Let's take the "Jerry's Kids" MS charity. Where do you think the money goes for this charity? It is always claims that it supports the researchers in finding new medications or treatments. Well what does that involve? It involves paying these people their SALARIES! The researchers live off this money so they can work and make changes. Essentially, the money is being spent on the researcher's lifestyles. Your NOT giving this money directly to the MS patients. Your giving it so these patients have people working for them to cure them.
So would you take offense if your neighbor next door is a researcher for MS and bought a jacuzzi? Put the whole situation in perspective. The lady going through the money, has spending issues. She probably had them before 9/11. However, atleast she was smart enough to pay off the house so the kids would never lose their home despite her bad spending habits.
I always believe: Give a poor person a million dollars and a rich person a million dollars.... A year later the poor person will be broke and the rich person will be richer. Poor people don't know how to handle money and rich people do. Hence, I am republican!!!