Paper Money is discriminatory?

[SLUDoubleDeuce]

According to a Federal Judge it is...at least to blind people.

WASHINGTON — By keeping all U.S. currency the same size and texture, the government has denied blind people meaningful access to money, a federal judge said Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge James Robertson said the Treasury Department has violated the law, and he ordered the government to come up with ways for the blind to tell bills apart.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,232503,00.html

Outrage of the Day?

[KnoxVegas]

The French, and just about every other foreign visitor to this country, have complained about this for years.

[laxfan25]

According to a Federal Judge it is...at least to blind people.

WASHINGTON — By keeping all U.S. currency the same size and texture, the government has denied blind people meaningful access to money, a federal judge said Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge James Robertson said the Treasury Department has violated the law, and he ordered the government to come up with ways for the blind to tell bills apart.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,232503,00.html

Outrage of the Day?

Not if you're blind!! Nothing wrong with considering adding some braille identification to bills. After all, that way the referees will know that they're not being shorted when teams pay cash at the games!

[Tim Whitehead]

Canadian money has braille on the bills. There's no reason why America can't do it too.



Remember how Ray Charles used to demand to be paid in ones so he knew he wasn't getting ripped off?

[cjwilhelmi]

I work at a bar in a hotel and we recently had a blind comedian staying there who would come down every day for a week. He had absolutely no problem with money. He told me that most blind people have a system for dealing with money. Some people have certain wallets where they keep different bills in different sections. Other blind individuals fold their money in different ways.

I would support putting braile on the money by the way.

[KnoxVegas]

We already have Braille on US money.

Anyone care to venture a guess what unit of US currency features Braille?

[scooter]

i don't want to sound like a bigot or discriminatory or anything, but I think that people in general need to stop being so damn sensitive. I am not blind and cannot fathom what it would be like to be without sight, but I'm pretty sure that being able to feel tiny bumps on my bills would not be at the top of my list everyday when I wake up

I can't reach the top shelves at Wal-Mart, so I think that the shelf makers are discriminating against short people. That argument is just as sound in my opinion, why doesn't someone sue over that?

[UofMLaxGoalie11]

We already have Braille on US money.

Anyone care to venture a guess what unit of US currency features Braille?

Any coinage or our plastic money.

[laxfan25]

I'm pretty sure that being able to feel tiny bumps on my bills would not be at the top of my list everyday when I wake up

Well the next time you go shopping and whip out that $100 bill - let me make change for you!
Since you're not blind, I would think that you are "blind" to the issues that they face, and I do know that money matters are important to a large section of the general population. Obviously, if CANADA can figure out how to do Braille encoding on bills, wew should be able to do the same - we are a lot smarter, aren't we?

[StrykerFSU]

It's been a while but aren't all of Euro bills the same size? Do they have braille and I didn't notice? I can say that the paper currency of Iceland, New Zealand, Tahiti, Japan, and Brazil are all the same size and I don't remember there being braille. But hey, phase in braille on our bills...or use a check card.

[More Cowbell]

Euro bills are all different sizes..the more the bill is worth, the bigger it is

[KnoxVegas]

While our bills are uniform, we are getting color added to them thanks to efforts to thwart counterfeiting. I prefer the use of colour. I also like the dollar coin concept but I am sure I am in the minority on both.

From my experience travelling overseas, at certain points of the day and night, it is easier to look into your wallet and pull out money by color. When I lived in Australia, a pink ($5AUD) and a blue ($10AUD) was the necessary amount for cab fare at the end of the night. Their bills are also plastic and last longer than US bills, for what it is worth. Oh and they do not use a penny anymore.

The Euro is very consumer friendly. My only issue is with thei 1/2 cent coin, which is smaller than our penny. I have noticed a lot of shopkeepers who horde them in an effort to take them out of circulation, since most dispise them so much. My understanding is that the Germans requested this coin be minted as part of the new currency since they had a 1/2 pfenning coin in the past and are the only ones who enjoy using the small coin.

Still notakers on what unit of US currency has Braille on it, huh? The only hint is that the unit is in general circulation. You possibly have one now in your wallet or on your night stand.

[laxfan25]

You've got me stumped there Ethan!

[SLUDoubleDeuce]

Still notakers on what unit of US currency has Braille on it, huh? The only hint is that the unit is in general circulation. You possibly have one now in your wallet or on your night stand.

How about the $2 bill?

[jessexy]

While our bills are uniform, we are getting color added to them thanks to efforts to thwart counterfeiting. I prefer the use of colour. I also like the dollar coin concept but I am sure I am in the minority on both.

From my experience travelling overseas, at certain points of the day and night, it is easier to look into your wallet and pull out money by color. When I lived in Australia, a pink ($5AUD) and a blue ($10AUD) was the necessary amount for cab fare at the end of the night. Their bills are also plastic and last longer than US bills, for what it is worth. Oh and they do not use a penny anymore.

The Euro is very consumer friendly. My only issue is with thei 1/2 cent coin, which is smaller than our penny. I have noticed a lot of shopkeepers who horde them in an effort to take them out of circulation, since most dispise them so much. My understanding is that the Germans requested this coin be minted as part of the new currency since they had a 1/2 pfenning coin in the past and are the only ones who enjoy using the small coin.

Still notakers on what unit of US currency has Braille on it, huh? The only hint is that the unit is in general circulation. You possibly have one now in your wallet or on your night stand.

too bad the blind people still cant SEE the colors of the money.