Court Says Current Currency Not Fair for Blind

A federal judge ruled yesterday that keeping all U.S. paper currency the same size and feel discriminates against blind people.

Judge James Robertson ordered the Treasury Department to come up with a way to tell the bills apart.

Robertson said the Rehabilitation Act -- a law prohibiting discrimination of people with disabilities in government programs -- is being violated.

He didn't say how to rectify the issue only that they begin working on the problem within 10 days. The American Council of the Blind -- bringers of the lawsuit -- have suggested using foil, holes, raised dots or ink, or printing different sized bills.

Scatablog would put up with the bill for the sake of the blind:

Every other country in the world has different sizes for different denominations. When I travel, I find that a bit of a pain, since I have a wallet that's just fine for U.S. bills but won't hold the larger foreign bills unless I fold them various ways. While I would be perfectly happy to put up with the inconvenience if it helps the blind, I suspect there will be a lot of guys (Rush Limbaugh comes to mind) who will object.

Anthony at Oh, the Humanity believes no changes ought be made:

Ok, I'm all for fairness, but really. C'mon. Do we really need to reprint, redesign, and reconfigure all of our monetary notes to favor the blind? I can understand if your the Republic of Totowannabee and have never had money before, so it's easy to design and print currency that is favorable to all social groups. Sure, you can create meat-free vegan style bills with braille bumps that are printed with organic hemp ink and quietly murmur the value of the bill. But, if you already have trillions of dollars in currency out in the public hands, it becomes a bit more of a hassle.Has anyone, including the idiot judge, considered how much it would cost to do this? Of course not. He handed down some arbitrary verdict based on a PC culture epidemic.

-Dippold

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