Boudreaux and GI insurance
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:56 am
Boudreaux's first military assignment was to a military induction center, and--because he was a good talker they assigned him the duty of advising new recruits about the government benefits, especially the GI insurance to which they were entitled.
Before long the Captain in charge of the induction center began
noticing that Boudreaux was getting a 99% sign up for the top GI
insurance. This was odd, because it would cost these poor inductees
nearly $30.00 per month more for their higher coverage than what the
government was already granting.
The Captain decided that he would not ask Boudreaux about his
selling techniques but that he would sit in the back of the room and
observe Boudreaux's sales pitch.
Boudreaux stood up before his latest group of inductees and stated, "If
you have da normal GI insurance and go to Iraq and get killed, the
government pays your beneficiary $6,000. If you take out da supplemental GI insurance (which cost you only $30.00 a month), the government has to pay the beneficiary $200,000.
"NOW," Boudreaux concluded, "which bunch do you think dey gonna send to Iraq first??
Before long the Captain in charge of the induction center began
noticing that Boudreaux was getting a 99% sign up for the top GI
insurance. This was odd, because it would cost these poor inductees
nearly $30.00 per month more for their higher coverage than what the
government was already granting.
The Captain decided that he would not ask Boudreaux about his
selling techniques but that he would sit in the back of the room and
observe Boudreaux's sales pitch.
Boudreaux stood up before his latest group of inductees and stated, "If
you have da normal GI insurance and go to Iraq and get killed, the
government pays your beneficiary $6,000. If you take out da supplemental GI insurance (which cost you only $30.00 a month), the government has to pay the beneficiary $200,000.
"NOW," Boudreaux concluded, "which bunch do you think dey gonna send to Iraq first??