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

[Stephanie Ortoleva]

Interesting but fallacious arguments -- can all people who are blind afford 
portable currency readers or have credit/debit cards?  And, can one read 
what is actually printed on a reciept from such charges?



At 08:55 PM 12/12/2006, you wrote:

>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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