Posted on 01/22/2009 3:56:00 PM PST by Lilpug15
Washington, DC -
President-Elect Barack Obama and the Democratically controlled Congress are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act. AWNAA is being hailed as a major legislative goal 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 California Senator 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 have some idea of what they are doing.'
In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. Approximately 74 percent of postal employees lack any job skills, making this agency the single largest U.S employer of Persons of Inability.
Private-sector industries with good records of non-discrimination against the Inept include retail sales (72%), the airline industry (68%), and home improvement 'warehouse' stores (65%). At the state government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent 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 so as to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability into middle-management positions, and gives a tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires.
Finally, the AWNAA contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, 'Do you have any skills or experience that 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, Michigan, due to her inability to remember 'rightey tightey, lefty loosey.' 'This new law should be real good for people like me,' Gertz added. With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Said Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL): 'As a Senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so.
This is great! Thanks!
This stuff would be funnier if we didn’t know they are gonna pass card check, expand FMLA, and more....
As an aside, is FR running really slow for everyone or is it just me?
Perfect title!
The harlem Chapter has Charles Wrangel working for them today. The Boston Chapter put Robert Reisssssch on his 14 soapboxes to make a statement yesterday.
:^)
BUMP. This is too good to miss.
It still seems discriminatory to me. From what little I read it sounds like I’d still have to apply for a job.
I love it, too bad it might come true with who we have in Congress right now.
Those we have in Congress now will be/should be the first recipients of this kind of act. LOL. Most are the most dysfunctional, worthless, unable members of society and the others like them were dumb enough to vote them in and put them there (they speak the same language, ya know...talk the talk, but not walk the walk.)
Tomorrow, an important plank in the Democrat platform
I am just shaking my head again.
That pic is... AWESOME!
Looks like Barry is already cutting favors for his Cabinet!
So magnificently beautiful its worthy of theft. It has now been circulated world wide.
Thanks.
Just got this in the eMail.
You beat me to it!!
I bet if this was in Breaking News more than 1/2 the readers would believe it is true.
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