Feinberg decides to split $61 million amongst Boston bombing crowdgoers

[JoshLowry]

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130629/NEWS02/706299961


The statistics that accompany the payments provide the best accounting to date of the human impact of the April 15 attack, though some injured people might not have applied for compensation. Authorities have said that more than 260 people were injured in the blasts.

Sixty-nine people who were hospitalized for at least one night will receive six-figure payouts that range from $125,000 for the 18 people who spent one or two nights in a medical facility to $948,000 for the 10 victims who spent 32 nights or more. Some members of that group are still in rehab hospitals.

Another 143 people who were treated at hospitals but did not require admission will receive $8,000 each, Biros said.

The size of the awards was determined by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who has decided compensation after other disasters, including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.*

*Feinberg also worked on the Aurora, Sandy Hook, and Virginia Tech compensation funds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Feinberg

[tod evans]

I'd like to see the city of Boston liquidate $61M worth of military assault gear to settle this debt.

[Carson]

So now we are all victims?

Unless this was voluntary collections.

Then again have the socialist taken over to distribute every disaster out amongst us?

[asurfaholic]

This is the payoff, so the victims can't sue for more later when everyone learns the US govt is responsible for the attack.

[donnay]

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130629/NEWS02/706299961



*Feinberg also worked on the Aurora, Sandy Hook, and Virginia Tech compensation funds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Feinberg



That must be a coincidence the same attorney for all those false flags! <s>

[donnay]

This is the payoff, so the victims can't sue for more later when everyone learns the US govt is responsible for the attack.

BINGO!

[JoshLowry]

Is this healthy?

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1220-04.htm

OMERGERD

[vita3]

IMO it's sick that Feinberg follows up every "terrorist" operation w/ the handing out of $$$.

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

I'd like to see the city of Boston liquidate $61M worth of military assault gear to settle this debt.


Ummm, you sound like someone who would try to exit their own home without authorization. Just sayin'

[devil21]

This is why all of the "victims" of Sandy Hook, Aurora, Boston are always so damn smiley during interviews.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0f8LqL1RQc

Im rich biatch!!

[jonhowe]

This was donations. This is good, we should be trumpeting this.

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

how much was his cut?

[tod evans]

This was donations. This is good, we should be trumpeting this.

Really?

[Luciconsort]

this is why it's bad... for a brief second, I wished I had been in boston a few blocks away... MY LEEEGGGGG!!!! 8g's in mah pocket.

[enhanced_deficit]

Is this healthy?

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1220-04.htm

OMERGERD

What sad coincidence:




Published on Friday, December 19, 2003 by the USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2003-12-19-oppose_x.htm)




My Silence Cannot Be Bought




by Beverly Eckert




....

Beverly Eckert, whose husband died at the World Trade Center, is the founder of Voices of September 11th (http://www.voicesofsept11.org/), a victims advocacy group.
CD Editors Note: Beverly Eckert was killed on February 12, 2009 in the crash of Continental flight 3407 outside of Buffalo, New York.

[TheGrinch]

Really?

Yes, it says right in the article, that it was a charity fund established, with payouts coming directly from the donations received.

It also even explicitly says that "recipients did not have to relinquish their right to sue".

Cmon people, I'm as skeptical as anyone about things like this, but read the damn article before jumping to wild conjecture.

[JoshLowry]

Yes, it says right in the article, that it was a charity fund established, with payouts coming directly from the donations received.

It also even explicitly says that "recipients did not have to relinquish their right to sue".

Cmon people, I'm as skeptical as anyone about things like this, but read the damn article before jumping to wild conjecture.

Agreed, but call out the individual instead of saying people?

What's interesting is not the source of the money. God knows where it came from anyways.

[TheGrinch]

Agreed, but call out the individual instead of saying people?

What's interesting is not the source of the money. God knows where it came from anyways.

Sorry, I normally try to be better about not painting with a broad brush, and hate when others do to try to lump criticism on the group, but there are multiple posts in this thread insinuating it's a payoff so they can't sue, or that this money is coming from government, just more misinfo than I cared to address individually, when the answers are stated right there.

I just want to see us do our research and make smart arguments, rather than assuming we know the truth. That goes equally for the frequent conspiracy-bashers. I see too much close-mindedness on both sides.

Back on topic, what is the interesting part to you?

[CPUd]

It is name recognition- Feinberg is seen as the go-to guy when it comes to managing large funds after a tragedy. He was in charge of the BP money after the Gulf spill, an before that, I believe he was involved in one of the 9/11 victim funds.

[asurfaholic]

So why the same person in charge?

[Carson]

Yes, it says right in the article, that it was a charity fund established, with payouts coming directly from the donations received.

It also even explicitly says that "recipients did not have to relinquish their right to sue".

Cmon people, I'm as skeptical as anyone about things like this, but read the damn article before jumping to wild conjecture.


What would be the odds that they would start telling the truth now?

I'm sure a good bit of it was heart felt donations. We heard the reports daily, pretty much.

Still was some of it was funneled in counterfeit...or are we allowed to wonder about such things anymore?


P.S. I'm sorry if I am offending anyone with my comments on this story. I find the idea of questioning offensive myself. In fact the generosity of friends and neighbors was how we used to get each other through this sort of thing. The thing is now that the counterfeiters have us so tapped out the system seems broken to me. They haven't left us with enough to pay attention.

[CPUd]

So why the same person in charge?

Apparently, he does a good job. He's first on the list for people who need to hire someone to distribute large funds to victims in high-profile tragedies.

[TheGrinch]

Still was some of it was funneled in counterfeit...or are we allowed to wonder about such things anymore?

Sure feel free to.. That was not what I took issue with.

Like I said, I'm as skeptical as anyone, but we can do better than making claims that are directly refuted by the article, such as that this was "debt" given out by government, or that it prohibited recipients from suing. Both are unsubstantiated at best.

[Carson]

Sure feel free to.. That was not what I took issue with.

Like I said, I'm as skeptical as anyone, but we can do better than making claims that are directly refuted by the article, such as that this was "debt" given out by government, or that it prohibited recipients from suing. Both are unsubstantiated at best.

Not refuted at all.

Donations received from whom and from where?

The article leaves that wide open.

[TheGrinch]

Not refuted at all.

Donations received from whom and from where?

The article leaves that wide open.

That wasn't what I was refuting. You can feel free to look back through the thread to see the claims I was refuting. I don't have time for this pointless exercise today.

Or better yet, post if you have something worth looking into. Key word, looking into, not making definitive claims like "this is so people can't sue later", or "I'd like to see the city of Boston liquidate $61M worth of military assault gear to settle this debt". Neither of those appear to be the least bit true as far as we can see.

[Carson]

I've got time to now to start wondering the sources of the other funds he was doling out.

Did the government kick in some to help out British Petroleum?

Quite frankly it would surprise me if they didn't kick some counterfeit in.

If they are going to insist on NSA record keeping maybe some day we will get to the bottom of some of these mysteries. 9-11, Benghazi, Stuxnet. It could get very interesting.

[Carson]

Donating a silver dime to the March of Dimes used to have a kick to it. It meant something. We made a difference.

The magic is gone.

It isn't the the dime is now worth between $1.45 and $2.90 or so depending on how you look at it. Something else beside the value of our currency was taken. The honest hard earned dollar lost all of its voice when trying to compete with the counterfeit shouting everyone down.

[Barrex]

Your medical system is really strange... Costs of treatments are so high. It is unbelievable.

[BlackTerrel]

What would be the odds that they would start telling the truth now?

I'm sure a good bit of it was heart felt donations. We heard the reports daily, pretty much.

Still was some of it was funneled in counterfeit...or are we allowed to wonder about such things anymore?

This seems rather pick and choosy. If that's the case then why trust the article at all? Maybe there is no $61 million...

[thoughtomator]

This is how they pay the actors for their performances.