Article: September 11th fund gets jeers, not cheers: critics of the federal Victim Compensation Fund say its rules on how victims' families will be compensated for pain, suffering and lost wages are discriminatory. (Nation: federal terrorism relief).

Trying to relieve some of the financial strains on families still mourning the loss of loved ones from the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as well as those lost on United Airlines Flight 93, lawmakers have taken an unprecedented step by compensating survivors for their economic loss. While there is no argument that the families of the victims have suffered grievous wrong, a debate is brewing about whether taxpayers should shoulder the financial burden and, furthermore, whether the government has been fair in its distribution.

As part of the airline-bailout legislation (Title IV of Public Law No. 107-42, the Air Transportation Safety ...