GI
Insurance
Beaudreaux'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 Beaudreaux 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 Beaudreaux about his selling
techniques; but, he would sit in the back of the room and observe
Beaudreaux's sales pitch.
Beaudreaux stood up before his latest group of inductees and stated,
"If you have da normal GI insurance and go to Iraq and get killed;
da 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 your beneficiary $200,000. "NOW,"
Beaudreaux concluded, "Which bunch do you think dey gonna send to
Iraq first?"