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To: sandintoes who wrote (16036)	9/6/2000 10:59:31 PM
From: Ian@SI	Respond to of 62549

> > > > > > > Line Of Duty > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Airman Jones was assigned to the induction center, where he advised new > > > > > > > recruits about their government benefits, especially their GI insurance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It wasn't long before Captain Smith noticed that Airman Jones had almost a > > > > > > > 100% record for insurance sales, which had never happened before. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Rather than ask about this, the Captain stood in the back of the room and > > > > > > > listened to Jones's sales pitch. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jones explained the basics of the GI Insurance to the new recruits, and > > > > > > > then said, "If you have GI Insurance and go into battle and are killed, > > > > > > > the government has to pay $200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't > > > > > > > have GI insurance, and you go into battle and get killed, the government > > > > > > > only has to pay a maximum of $6000." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Now," he concluded, "which bunch do you think they are going to send into > > > > > > > battle first?"