potomactwostep.blogspot.com— By keeping all U.S. currency the same size and texture, the Treasury Department has denied blind people meaningful access to money, a federal judge said Tuesday.
Nov 28, 2006View in Crawl 4
Has anyone stopped to ask why we should accommodate EVERY different type of person or group. Life, and life's "appliances" are made for the AVERAGE person. The people who are in the minority need to find ways to adapt to life, instead of trying to force everyone else to spend countless dollars and resources to accommodate them. Otherwise, we may end up in a situation where we walk into a store that announces itself for deaf persons (as well as having a large sign for poor sighted individuals), has large print, Braille and audible tags on all products, on shelves that have built in steps for "little people", with customer service reps who can read and interpret for dyslexics and those who cannot read, and so on and so forth. People are smart and inventive, let them adapt.
imagine what our debt will be like when the fed has to replace all of our current bill presses, mint equipmnet, and replace all current currency, including the billions in stock that is waiting in the reserve. Maybe it would be more economical for the government to give every blind person in the US a free text scanner?
"Of the more than 180 countries that issue paper currency, only the United States prints bills that are identical in size and color in all their denominations," Robertson wrote.The money spent on the four-year battle could have been spent on upgrading the current archaic system.
I heard an NPR show on this today, and the treasury is hesitant for several reasons:1. Costs for the treasury dept. to implement the changes. - Not relatively large2. If the bills are changed significantly many things we take for granted will need to change:Automated vending machines of all types - Huge costs.Wallets are made for bills of one size.Cash registers are made for bills of one size.The problem they brought up with braille is that it wheres out very easily...
Scratch and sniff bills FTW.No wait, that's a retarded idea.The intelligent solution is for charitable people and organizations to produce braille stickers and pay banks to apply them.It is not the obligation of the tax payers to specially accommodate people with handicaps.
Change the color, change the texture, but keep them the same size! Please! It is so frustrating in other countries when the bills are exploding out of your wallet. And for those who haven't experienced it- ever had to stick an over sized check in your wallet? Fun times.
trotterNov 29, 2006
Did anyone see Daredevil, that one with Ben Affleck? He folds his money in different ways because he's blind.
psocketNov 29, 2006
Has anyone stopped to ask why we should accommodate EVERY different type of person or group. Life, and life's "appliances" are made for the AVERAGE person. The people who are in the minority need to find ways to adapt to life, instead of trying to force everyone else to spend countless dollars and resources to accommodate them. Otherwise, we may end up in a situation where we walk into a store that announces itself for deaf persons (as well as having a large sign for poor sighted individuals), has large print, Braille and audible tags on all products, on shelves that have built in steps for "little people", with customer service reps who can read and interpret for dyslexics and those who cannot read, and so on and so forth. People are smart and inventive, let them adapt.
robertc1964Nov 29, 2006
Awesome. I loves me the greenbacks, but I love the new multi-colored $10 bill even more. I can't wait to see what the new currency will look like.
fsjonseyNov 29, 2006
imagine what our debt will be like when the fed has to replace all of our current bill presses, mint equipmnet, and replace all current currency, including the billions in stock that is waiting in the reserve. Maybe it would be more economical for the government to give every blind person in the US a free text scanner?
madeingermanyNov 29, 2006
The main question is, why wasn't this already implemented with one of the recent redesigns of US Bills. I'm sure it was discussed back in 2004.
butterpatNov 30, 2006
"Of the more than 180 countries that issue paper currency, only the United States prints bills that are identical in size and color in all their denominations," Robertson wrote.The money spent on the four-year battle could have been spent on upgrading the current archaic system.
pplusNov 30, 2006
I heard an NPR show on this today, and the treasury is hesitant for several reasons:1. Costs for the treasury dept. to implement the changes. - Not relatively large2. If the bills are changed significantly many things we take for granted will need to change:Automated vending machines of all types - Huge costs.Wallets are made for bills of one size.Cash registers are made for bills of one size.The problem they brought up with braille is that it wheres out very easily...
narmakNov 30, 2006
Scratch and sniff bills FTW.No wait, that's a retarded idea.The intelligent solution is for charitable people and organizations to produce braille stickers and pay banks to apply them.It is not the obligation of the tax payers to specially accommodate people with handicaps.
cybertron3Nov 30, 2006
Change the color, change the texture, but keep them the same size! Please! It is so frustrating in other countries when the bills are exploding out of your wallet. And for those who haven't experienced it- ever had to stick an over sized check in your wallet? Fun times.