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Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National
Guard, got called up to active duty. Boudreaux's first assignment was
in a military induction center.
Because he was a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising
new recruits about government benefits, especially the GI insurance to
which they were entitled.
The officer in charge soon noticed that Boudreaux was getting a 99%
sign-up rate for the more expensive supplemental form of GI insurance.
This was remarkable, because it cost these low-income recruits $30.00
per month for the higher coverage, compared to what the government was
already providing at no charge. The officer decided he'd sit in the
back of the room at the next briefing and observe Boudreaux's sales
pitch.
Boudreaux stood up before the latest group of inductees and said, "If
you has da normal GI insurans an' you goes to Afghanistan an' gets
youself killed, da governmen' pays you beneficiary $20,000. If you
takes out da supplemental insurans, which cost you only t'irty dollars
a mons, den da governmen' gots ta pay you beneficiary $200,000!
"Now," Boudreaux concluded, "which bunch you tink dey gonna send ta
Afghanistan first?
Guard, got called up to active duty. Boudreaux's first assignment was
in a military induction center.
Because he was a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising
new recruits about government benefits, especially the GI insurance to
which they were entitled.
The officer in charge soon noticed that Boudreaux was getting a 99%
sign-up rate for the more expensive supplemental form of GI insurance.
This was remarkable, because it cost these low-income recruits $30.00
per month for the higher coverage, compared to what the government was
already providing at no charge. The officer decided he'd sit in the
back of the room at the next briefing and observe Boudreaux's sales
pitch.
Boudreaux stood up before the latest group of inductees and said, "If
you has da normal GI insurans an' you goes to Afghanistan an' gets
youself killed, da governmen' pays you beneficiary $20,000. If you
takes out da supplemental insurans, which cost you only t'irty dollars
a mons, den da governmen' gots ta pay you beneficiary $200,000!
"Now," Boudreaux concluded, "which bunch you tink dey gonna send ta
Afghanistan first?
