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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: YlangYlangBreeze who wrote (43490)	2/5/2002 2:15:25 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 82486

A parallel can be drawn to the sympathy being given to Enron employees. A lot of people have been laid off and lost retirement due to corporate failure over the last couple of years.

To: YlangYlangBreeze who wrote (43490)	2/5/2002 2:35:30 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

The government payment to victims of 9/11 was part of the airline bailout package. A healthy airline industry was deemed to be a strategic interest of the country so airlines were given funds, loan guarantees, and protection from lawsuits that could bankrupt them. Some who supported the bill also had in mind the length of time involved in the victims getting a return from a law suit and hoped to speed things up this way. It wasn't about the victims being "entitled" to anything. It was primarily to protect the airlines and, secondarily, to help in the healing by avoiding an attenuated process of legal claims. It wasn't designed as an entitlement, although a lot of people are perceiving it that way and perception has a way of becoming reality. I wish Congress hadn't done it although I understand the motivation. I wish they would change the provision that penalizes those who had the foresight to plan for their futures through pensions and life insurance. I think that's the wrong message to send, rewarding the grasshopper and penalizing the ant. Karen