Chapter 233: Standards for Death Benefits
In the original history, in the late Vietnam War, the U.S. government directly adopted the form of random lottery to draw strong people, that is, to put together the information of young people of appropriate age across the country, and then began to draw blindly, and sent official letters to whoever was drawn, asking you to report to the nearby barracks.
The young people who were drawn to the lottery weaved countless reasons in order to be able to avoid the meat grinder battlefield in Vietnam, and as far as Conrad knew, even the guy from Claude, the king of Shu, went to the hospital to issue a certificate proving that he had problems with the muscles and bones of his legs, and he could not be taken as a soldier at all.
This is simply a pit father, that kid dances every day and dances night and night songs, how can you look like there is a problem with his legs and feet?
Although the form is not severe enough to catch the strong men, the follow-up military resources are also seriously urgent, and the military has been reacting to Linden for several months over this issue.
"The main problem of the supply of soldiers is that the welfare of the current soldiers is low, and the public opinion is not strong, if we can find a way to increase the welfare of the soldiers, it should be able to greatly enhance the enthusiasm of the people!" After listening to Linden's nagging, Conrad paused, pretending to think for a few minutes, and then spoke slowly.
"Our current pension standard for fallen soldiers is 150,000 US dollars per person, which is definitely the first price in the world, and it is impossible for Congress to agree to it if it is raised." Lyndon rubbed his head and said bitterly.
150,000 US dollars for a life, this is definitely a sky-high price, you must know that even in Manhattan, if you are willing to pay 20,000 US dollars, you can immediately find a vote of outlaws who are willing to die.
"The military's so-called war death standard, I think your father-in-law should know much better than me, among the 100,000 people killed, 300 people can get pensions according to the standard, even if the military bastards have humanity!" Lord Duke smiled, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the Pentagon guys.
Although the war death pension of American GIs is as high as 150,000 US dollars, it seems to be absolutely frightening and sky-high, but it is not easy to get this money.
First of all, you must be killed on the spot while the two sides are fighting, so that you can pass the first audit.
As long as you don't die on the spot, even if you have lost half of your intestines or half of your body, as long as you are carried to a medical stretcher or moved your position, it is not considered a death in battle, but a medical accident!
If you think this is a cheat, then even more cheats are yet to come!
Second, the battle you participate in must be a regular battle authorized by the command center, if a squad is directly killed by the enemy while patrolling in the field, then according to the military, you are ambushed while traveling in the mountains and rivers, and you can only be compensated according to personal accident insurance, and cannot be regarded as killed in battle.
For example, the first detachment ambushed by the Soviets was all paid according to personal accidents.
Third, even if you are fighting a positional war, you will indeed die on the position, but there is still the most important point!
That is, your death must be witnessed by three witnesses, so as to ensure that you did not die for all sorts of strange reasons, such as a weapon blow or a heart attack!
Therefore, although the military gave a war death pension of up to 150,000 yuan, there is absolutely no one in ten thousand who can meet this standard and get money!
According to the official statistics of the Pentagon, after three years of war, the number of military casualties is still below four figures, and the rest are traffic accidents, medical accidents, personal accidents, aging equipment, and other strange causes of death.
Of course, although the subsidies given by the military to those soldiers who died in battle were paid according to some strange compensation, the money they asked the Ministry of Finance for was all based on the wartime death benefits.
As for where did the extra tens of billions of pensions go?
Lyndon had a constipated expression, which was a problem left over from the United States policy for generations, and he had no way to solve it.
Unless he has the ability to take out all those high-ranking people in the military and shoot them, and by the way, destroy one-half of the wealthy families in the history of the United States, otherwise this cheat father's war death pension system will continue to operate like this.
Looking at Linden's appearance that was about to turn white, Conrad had to shrug his shoulders and say that he had nothing to do.
The bastards in the military still dare to argue that they can't recruit people, why can't they recruit people, can they still have a 13 count in their hearts?
"Well, I have an idea, what do you think?" Lyndon hesitated for a long time, and then said slowly.
"How?"
Conrad had actually gotten the information from Lyndon's staff and knew what the old fox had in mind.
Anyway, the successive White House has been infiltrated like a sieve by the plutocracy, and they don't care about him as an insider.
"I want you to take the lead in supporting my recruitment work, and it is best to express in public that you are willing to stay in the barracks for a period of time, and with your appeal, there will be no problem with the supply of soldiers for at least a year." Linden said curtly.
Although he is now the president of the United States, and Conrad is his son-in-law in the strict sense, the relationship between the two is completely a cooperative relationship, and he has no power or ability to ask the other party to do anything.
You must know that Duke Wettin is now an inspirational idol of the new generation in the United States, a person who can become the second richest man in the world in his twenties, regardless of how high the starting point is, at least this ability, it is absolutely unique.
If Conrad takes the lead in participating in military service, not to mention anything else, he can also brush up on a wave of shows!
Anyway, isn't this politics now just about letting the upper class get benefits, and then letting the melon-eating masses below get a sense of identity.
As for a year later?
At that time, the election was over, and as long as Lyndon could succeed him again, he didn't care about those things.
As long as he can keep his presidential election, Lyndon doesn't bother to care about what happens to that shabby place in Vietnam!
Even if he really loses in the end, it doesn't have much to do with him, there are a bunch of guys in front of him who are fighting thunder, he just needs to mix with the president for another term in peace, how comfortable?
"Father-in-law, this is asking me to put on a show!" Conrad smiled lightly and looked at Lyndon and said lightly.
"Political needs, political needs!" Lyndon was a little embarrassed by his staring, so he had to pat his chest and promise.
"As long as you can express your support for me this time, let me pass next year's election, and in the next four years, I will definitely find a way to bring down Bell."
At present, although Conrad's mobile phone business occupies half of the communications industry, the remaining half is still in the hands of Bell.
The other party is also a century-old chaebol, and it is not easy for Conrad to swallow them.
But if Lyndon can make a death force in it, this matter is very promising!