Americans With No Abilities Act

FUD

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Americans With No Abilities Act

WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday,in it's first action after Pres. Gore's election, the new democrat-controlled Congress approved the "Americans with No Abilities Act", sweeping new legislation that provides benefits and protection for more than 135 million talentless Americans.
The act, signed into law by President Gore shortly after its passage, is being hailed as a major victory for the millions upon millions of U.S. citizens who lack any real skills or uses.

"Roughly 50 percent of Americans - through no fault of their own - do not possess the talent necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society," said Gore, a longtime ANA supporter. "Their lives are futile, hamster-wheel existences of unrewarding, dead-end busywork: Xeroxing documents written by others, fulfilling mail-in rebates for Black & Decker toaster ovens, and processing bureaucratic forms that nobody will ever see. Sadly, for these millions of nonabled Americans, the American dream of working hard and moving up through the ranks is simply not a reality."

Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million important-sounding "middle man" positions will be created in the white-collar sector for nonabled persons, providing them with an illusory sense of purpose and ability. Mandatory, non-performance-based raises and promotions will also be offered to create a sense of upward mobility for even the most unremarkable, utterly replaceable employees. The legislation also provides corporations with incentives to hire nonabled workers, including tax breaks for those who hire one non-germane worker for every two talented hirees.

Finally, the Americans With No Abilities Act also contains tough new measures to prevent discrimination against the nonabled by banning prospective employers from asking such job-interview questions as, "What can you bring to this organization?" and "Do you have any special skills that would make you an asset to this company?"

As a nonabled person, I frequently find myself unable to keep up with co-workers who have something going for them," said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as an unessential filing clerk at a Minneapolis tile wholesaler last month because of her lack of notable skills. "This new law should really help people like me."

With the passage of the Americans With No Abilities Act, Gertz and millions of other untalented, inessential citizens can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Gore: "it is our duty, both as lawmakers and as human beings, to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her lack of value to society, some sort of space to take up in this great nation. We will all contribute to this great improvement in american life via the new tax increase to be passed by Congress next week."
 
Hey, this could be true!

Great post. This is a keeper. Thanks.

CMOS

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This is being plagiarized from The Onion on that radio website you've linked to, FUD. You might want to warn them that they're committing a crime and misleading people.

I don't work for The Onion, I just think it's one of the greatest things in existence and so it bothers me if they don't get credit for what they do.
 
Flork, I called the radio station and spoke to a girl and then to a manager. He told me that they received it as a fax from one of their listeners and "all submitted materials become the property of the station" ...

I'm not going to get into the middle of this -- I merely posted something which I thought others would appreciate and included a link to the source where I found it. As you pointed out, that might not be where it originated from.
 
FUD -- that's fine. I think it's a brilliant policy, though. If I fax them the script to Star Wars, I suppose that would become their propery, too, right? :p
 
Kudos to The Onion, great site.

It's a tragedy that these unabled Americans are in the situation they're in. We must do something to build their self-esteem. Paying them to watch Jerry Springer is a good start. What a fine, Democratic idea.
 
Guess big Al's never seen some of the Postal employees out in the P.O.s parking lot frying their brains by doing dope and cheap liquor.
Falling asleep in their cars or coming back inside stoned. Oh well, there's better days ahead...or is there?
 
The Onion is always good for some serious laughs!

Now that the radio station is aware of its origin they should give the proper credit.
 
Once this is implemented we then can sponsor a United Nations program to go world wide with the idea. There are billions of useless human beings in need. Of course U.S. troops will be required to keep the peace.

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Don't those people know that this "program" has been around for a long time? It's called "Civil Service" or simply "government employment. ;)

OK, OK, to all TFL members who are conscientious civil servants, I apologize.

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