[blindlaw] Bush administration fights Blind's access to currency

[stevep.deeley]

Just use a credit card and pay it off every month.  Employed or unemployed, 
I'm quite certain that credit card companies will give you all of the credit 
you can handle!
Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Wayne" <RWayne1 at nyc.rr.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Bush administration fights Blind's access to 
currency


> If those are the grounds of their appeal, they are off base.  While they 
> can
> be useful for blind people in retail who handle a lot of cash, I,
> personally, would not spend money on a money identifier when my current
> system of folding different bills differently works for me.
> Even more strikingly, most debit card machines I have seen are not user
> friendly to the blind.  Because the numbers on the keypad cannot be
> distinguished by touch, a blind person would have to give his/her PIN to
> another person, possibly a total stranger.  I, for one, will never do 
> that.
> Finally, let's not forget that credit cards generally charge interest, and
> unemployed blind people may be unable to obtain them.
> If the Bush administration wants to fight this thing, they should, at 
> least,
> use the strongest arguments.  It will be interesting if Judge Tatel is on
> the panel.  No doubt his colleagues will consult him.
> Ray
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> From: "dlb723" <dlb723 at comcast.net>
> To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 5:55 PM
> Subject: [blindlaw] Bush administration fights Blind's access to currency
>
>
> U.S. government appeals ruling on changes to currency for the blind
> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration on Tuesday asked the U.S.
> Circuit Court
> of Appeals for the District of Columbia to overturn a lower court ruling
> requiring that the federal government redesign the nation's paper money to
> aid
> the blind in differentiating between denominations of bills.
> U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson ruled last month that the U.S.
> Treasury Department is violating the law by keeping all paper money the 
> same
> size
> and feel, preventing blind people from distinguishing the amount.
> Robertson, in a ruling on a suit by the American Council of the Blind,
> ordered the feds to come up with a way to tell bills apart.
> In its appeal, the Bush administration disagreed with Robertson's ruling
> that the blind were denied "meaningful access" to money by the same-sized
> bills
> because portable currency readers exist to help distinguish the bills. The
> government also said blind people can use credit and debit cards instead 
> of
> cash.
>
>
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