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2002-01-04

Friday, January 04, 2002 4:43 PM
911 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001

Dear Mr. Zwick:

Please open the attached word document file for the comments.

Thank you very much for your consideration.
-- A victim family

Individual Comment

Attachment 1:
Mr. Kenneth L. Zwick, Director
Office of Management Programs
U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Division
Main Building, Room 3140
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Mr. Zwick:

I am from one of the victims' families. The more I am reading the loss calculation tables, the more I am puzzled.

In order to reach the objectives of the program, i.e. to be fair, predictable and consistent. Please publish all the assumptions that are used, i.e. average expected work life, consumption factors and etc. so that the victim families have a true understanding of the compensation program and will be able to predict their presumed compensation.

Please also explain the logic of the marginal cost of raising a child in your published chart because it is significantly lower than other government survey such as USDA's annual report.

* The following two tables are from your published chart, the first one is for married with one dependent who is a 9 year-old and the second one is for married with two dependents who are infant and a 9 year-old. The difference between the two tables is calculated to be the marginal cost of raising an infant to 18 years old.
married/1 dependent (age 9)




10,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
100,000


25
673,952
1,226,922
1,520,993
1,833,922
2,103,229
2,360,231
2,654,498
3,132,957


30
626,986
1,098,782
1,348,696
1,614,124
1,843,414
2,062,187
2,311,696
2,718,052


35
546,113
878,128
1,052,005
1,235,638
1,396,020
1,548,962
1,721,399
2,003,595


40
514,642
792,264
936,552
1,088,356
1,221,924
1,349,249
1,491,694
1,725,576


45
500,000
708,033
823,294
943,874
1,051,138
1,153,333
1,266,357
1,452,843


50
500,000
627,165
714,560
805,163
887,173
965,242
1,050,020
1,191,002


55
500,000
544,302
604,111
665,447
722,124
776,023
833,295
929,439


60
500,000
500,000
522,277
563,860
602,284
638,825
677,653
742,834


65
500,000
500,000
500,000
502,101
529,429
555,418
583,033
629,391



married/2 dependent (age 9 and infant)



10,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
100,000


25
741,554
1,314,621
1,610,618
1,920,345
2,194,988
2,456,664
2,746,651
3,224,818


30
694,588
1,186,481
1,438,321
1,700,548
1,935,173
2,158,621
2,403,849
2,809,912


35
613,714
965,827
1,141,629
1,322,061
1,487,780
1,645,396
1,813,552
2,095,456


40
582,244
879,963
1,026,177
1,174,779
1,313,683
1,445,683
1,583,848
1,817,436


45
547,827
788,109
905,063
1,023,196
1,134,755
1,240,714
1,350,342
1,536,662


50
513,199
696,510
785,269
874,486
959,327
1,039,876
1,122,505
1,263,500


55
500,000
604,733
665,541
726,311
784,578
839,871
896,019
992,284


60
500,000
538,800
580,025
621,224
660,727
698,214
736,279
801,543


65
500,000
500,000
528,037
557,339
585,434
612,095
639,168
685,585



Difference



10,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
100,000


25
67,602
87,699
89,625
86,423
91,759
96,433
92,153
91,861


30
67,602
87,699
89,625
86,424
91,759
96,434
92,153
91,860


35
67,601
87,699
89,624
86,423
91,760
96,434
92,153
91,861


40
67,602
87,699
89,625
86,423
91,759
96,434
92,154
91,860


45
47,827
80,076
81,769
79,322
83,617
87,381
83,985
83,819


50
13,199
69,345
70,709
69,323
72,154
74,634
72,485
72,498


55
-
60,431
61,430
60,864
62,454
63,848
62,724
62,845


60
-
38,800
57,748
57,364
58,443
59,389
58,626
58,709


65
-
-
28,037
55,238
56,005
56,677
56,135
56,194



* US Department of Agriculture publishes a report on Expenditures on Children by Families. In the 2000 annual report published May 2001, the total expenditure for children of the urban Northeast area (consists of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont) is estimated as follows:

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