9/11 victims are getting another $3.5 billion

That's about $1 million more per family, nontaxable.

From The Economist, today.

What makes these victims any more worthy than the 900,000 Americans who have died of covid?

So Pete Davidson will pocket a cool million?

Of course, as the compensation formula deemed, those who had higher incomes when the attack happened will get higher payout.

The government chose a monetary value for each life.

I'm fine with it and am glad not to be them.

I'm sure plenty of the "victims" were glad to have been rid of asshole relatives on 9/11. Getting millions over the course of 20+ years just sweetens the pot.

We got billions.

Great news.

why the hell didn't you post the rest of the story or are you trying to make people angry at Biden???

President Biden on Friday is expected to sign an executive order that will split $7 billion in frozen Afghanistan funds in the U.S. banking system to compensate 9/11 victims 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, officials familiar with the situation told The New York Times.

Biden’s executive order is expected to split the $7 billion, so $3.5 billion can go toward the victims while the other $3.5 billion can still be used to provide aid in Afghanistan without directly aiding the U.S.-labeled terrorist group, the Times reported.

R10, that might not make it look any better. Half of the money is going to people already in the 1% when there are innumerable homeless people on the streets. A "trust fund" for humanitarian aid arguably means a new tool of coercion, to starve people by withholding their own money, which they'd use to feed themselves, just because it's in U.S. banks.

$7 billion dispersed to families from U.S. funds two decades ago. That's about $10 billion in today's dollars.

I believe private donations since then (e.g., from the telethon) reached billions of dollars as well.

When does the us public get their money back from a disgraceful sham of a war for no good reason. I don't believe a word we are told about 911, Afghanistan, Saddam Bin Laden etc. The whole Sham reads like a fucking lord of the rings script. Can you imagine what the average Afghani has gone through at the hands of all this violence. This is another fraud that stinks of political court gaming. Im really beginning to dislike Biden. He's from another age and needs to go out to pasture his time has passed.

WTF? How bout some student loan foregiveness?

[quote] The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, created by Congress, distributed $7 billion to survivors and victims' families. There have been 2,983 families of those who died and received an average of just over $2 million tax-free per claim, according to Kenneth Feinberg, former pro bono administrator of the fund.