Citizens With No Abilities Act

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WASHINGTON , DC (AP) - Congress is considering sweeping legislation, which provides new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislation by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.

"Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,"

Said Barbara Boxer. "We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they do a better job, or have some idea of what they are doing."

The President pointed to the success of the US Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack job skills, making this agency the single largest US employer of Persons of Inability.

Private sector industries with good records of nondiscrimination against the Inept include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%), and home improvement "warehouse" stores (65%). The DMV also has a great record of hiring Persons of Inability (63%).

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million "middle man" positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given, to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations which maintain a significant level of Persons of Inability in middle positions, and gives a tax credit to small and medium businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires.

Finally, the AWNA ACT contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the Non-abled, banning discriminatory interview questions such as, "Do you have any goals for the future?" or "Do you have any skills or experience which relate to this job?"

"As a Non-abled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them," said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, MI due to her lack of notable job skills. "This new law should really help people like me." With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Senator Ted Kennedy, "It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her adequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and also find a place for all illegal aliens no matter how useless they may be."

We already have that law. Its called 'Affirmative Action".

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Originally Posted by waste gate

We already have that law. Its called 'Affirmative Action".

Affirmative action does not go far enough!

[Yahoshua]

Wait a minute....people are complaining about being discriminated against because they have no real skills or abilities, but we're going to pass a law that will create jobs to make them feel better?

We're going to lower our standards....AGAIN??

The graduating class of the 90's were bad enough and now this?

I love that little line about the illegal aliens, save for the fact that illegal means they're not supposed to be here.

this clever parody have been circulating on the Internet since 1998. The original ("Congress Passes Americans with No Abilities Act") came from The Onion, a publication that began as an underground satirical newspaper but has since grown into a world-famous web site.

In the versions we've encountered in 2006, the original's fabricated quotes from President Clinton have been altered to attribute them to Senator Barbara Boxer or Senator Ted Kennedy; the fictitious Mary Lou Gertz, described in the 1998 original as an unessential filing clerk at a Minneapolis tile wholesaler, has been turned into a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan; and a reference to illegal aliens has been inserted into the concluding sentence

In 2004, we saw the lampoon circulated prior to that year's Presidential election, presented as a "What if?" piece projected forward into 2005 and quoting "President Kerry" as being a supporter of the AWNAA.

[Yahoshua]

I don't retract any comments about the class of the 90's but I certainly do feel like half a village-idiot here.

ALMOST as bad as the kitten in a bottle thing.....

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Originally Posted by Yahoshua

I don't retract any comments about the class of the 90's but I certainly do feel like half a village-idiot here.

ALMOST as bad as the kitten in a bottle thing.....

:rotfl: