Re: Compensation of survivors

[Paul Lavely <lavelyp@UCLINK2.BERKELEY.EDU>]

Dr. Cohen,



First, I am not sure how you compensate a person who was killed. That 

is, the dead are beyond compensation for the loss of their life.



Second, I believe that the US Government did pay the individual's 

survivors with the GI insurance policy that each was provided.



Third, with some significant exceptions (such as Gulf War syndrome) 

those who are injured while in the military or are wounded in war are 

compensated by the VA and receive medical benefits for those injuries.



Paul Lavely <lavelyp@uclink2.berkeley.edu>





>	Why, then, should you not pay compensation to soldiers killed in

>Korea and Vietnam during this same time period? They were certainly killed

>from working for their country, as part of the cold war with the Soviet

>Union. If the workers' deaths were caused by the U.S. government, surely

>that is true of the soldiers. The only difference is that the soldier

>deaths were certainly caused by the government, while the worker deaths

>had only a very slight possibility of being caused by the government.

>

>

>Bernard L. Cohen

>Physics Dept.

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