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U.S. court: currency discriminates against the blind

The U.S. Treasury Department discriminates because it has failed to design and issue paper currency readily distinguishable to people with poor sight, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

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Oh well. Use coin. Some things just are the way they are.
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The same can be said for speeding tickets. I have good eyesight, and I still have trouble reading those things.
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This just in...sidewalks discriminate against people without legs.

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OMG...next it will be bi-lingual!

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If the United States had a paper currency design like the Euro, the smaller the bills denomination, the smaller the size. This would make it easy for vision-impaired individuals to tell the denomination, not to mention a clerk at a store not mistaking one bill for another.

The euro also has different colors for the different denominations.
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DEBIT CARD, problem solved.
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And........a BRAIN is discriminatory to people with NO BRAIN.

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I am offended by this article because I have no job and no money.

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Excal wrote:
This just in...sidewalks discriminate against people without legs.
That really makes no sense. Bad analogy.

I don't see how anyone can argue against helping make life a bit easier for those who are blind.

Me thinks some of you just like complaining about any change. Wouldn't a "Christian Nation" want to help look after thier brother?

Oh I know, that depends on the financial burden. lol.

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This is so.......odd, I mean they have never complained until now.....why?
Maybe now they'll start making braille money.

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OMG...next it will be bi-lingual!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL Too Funnneeeee!

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i cant see any money either.
neither can anyone else who is in the lower middle class in america,deal.
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Wait....we've been using paper money for HOW LONG and someone just NOW brings this up???

Slow day for the attorneys or something?
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And........a BRAIN is discriminatory to people with NO BRAIN.
Nah, it's just a waste of a brain.
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this just in ....people that are mute feel discriminated about voice dialing in their cell phones..
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Give me a break!! When will the madness end?? How have blind folks managed to get by until now? The ones I know fold the money in different ways for different denominations.
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they say money talks. mine always says,"GOODBYE!!"

so now what are deaf people going to do????
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I see it as the change is the problem. Anyone can make a dollar braille to spend, but who is to say the change is accurate.

OK, what about a pen scanner "reader" to verify and sound denomination by "beep"

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OneRyder wrote:
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That really makes no sense. Bad analogy.
I don't see how anyone can argue against helping make life a bit easier for those who are blind.
But at what cost?

Blind people have managed to use paper money for hundreds of years, longer even.

Are today's blind people less capable?
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Good one Jane! And too true.
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i cant see any money either.
neither can anyone else who is in the lower middle class in america,deal.
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