PRIVATE JONES Joke
Private Jones was assigned to the Army induction center, where he
was to advise
new recruits about their government benefits, especially their
Serviceman's
Group Life Insurance (SGLI). It wasn't long before the center's
Lieutenant
noticed that Private Jones had almost a 100% record for insurance
sales, which
had never happened before. Rather than ask about this, the Lt. stood
in the back
of the room and listened to Jones's sales pitch.
Jones explained the basics of the SGLI to the new recruits, and then
said, "If
you have SGLI and go into battle and are killed, the government has
to pay
$200,000 to your beneficiaries. If you don't have SGLI, and you go
into battle
and get killed, the government has to pay only a maximum of
$6000."
"Now," he concluded, "which bunch do you think they
are going to send into
battle first?"