Veteranos de guerras futuras

Me he encontrado la historia a través de Snopes. Me ha encantado.

Veterans of Future Wars

The Veterans of Future Wars was created to satirize the bonus hunters. Their first manifesto in the Princetonian argued that sooner or later there would be another war and that it would only be an act of justice for Congress to grant a $1000 cash bonus to all men between the ages of 18 and 36. Legally the bonus would be payable in 1965, but since Congress seemed bent on paying bonuses before they were due, the actual payment date should be June 1936, with, of course, an additional 3 percent annual interest compounded back from 1965 to 1936. In this way the future veterans would receive their benefits while all were still alive to enjoy them. A national salute was adopted, a modified version of the then famous Fascist greeting: an arm held straight out in the direction of Washington, the palm turned up receptively.

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Pedro Jorge Romero

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  • JJ 18 abril, 2005, 11:57 pm

    Y el anuncio de AdSense es «Guerra Electrónica». Muy bueno…

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