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Old 11-28-2006, 05:51 PM
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Money for the blind!?
Saw this on fox new's homepage, thought it was interesting.

WASHINGTON — American paper money represents an unfair impediment to the blind, and the Treasury Department must come up with new U.S. currency to help the visually impaired use cash, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge James Robertson said keeping all U.S. currency the same size and texture violates the Rehabilitation Act...
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The Clinton Legacy Continues!!!!

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This is ridiculous. Makes you wonder how blind people have gotten by in this nation. What's funnier is that we're lving in an era where money is absolete compared to credit and debit cards. Hell, i've seen a blind man write a check perfectly too.
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yea if money is so unfair, than how have all the blind folks been paying for sh*t?
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Originally Posted by Paul@dbtuned
The Clinton Legacy Continues!!!!

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Clinton appointed this fool.
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Originally Posted by Paul@dbtuned
Clinton appointed this fool.
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its not an entirely bad idea to use bills of different sizes.... but blind people is a stupid reason to do it.
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Give the blind freaking debit cards! What f'ing year is it anyway, 1900?
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There's already a solution to this problem: Change

It may sound heavy but consider how many things you actually pay for in cash now given debit cards. Also consider the fact we do have Sacagawea dollars the size of a quarter. Two rolls would be about $40-50 give or take. What's more cost effective? Buying a purse or "man bag" or redesigning and printing new currency?
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Originally Posted by irrational x
its not an entirely bad idea to use bills of different sizes.... but blind people is a stupid reason to do it.
Not in America. Tradition is important as well. Look at home important the idea of a greenback has become. Our counterfeit technology is centered around maintaining the bills security and green color. Even though our bills have been of different size, I don't think bills were ever of different size from any mint at one specific time - at least not intentionally. I think uniformity is an important factor for our currency’s “image”
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