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

[albert griffith]

Why wouldn't these arguments apply to the sighted?  Attempts are made to 
accommodate people with varying degrees of disability and this is just one 
more step in that direction.  The only argument I'd accept from the 
government would have to do with the weight of of the burden it might place 
on the department of treasury to design such bills.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephanie Ortoleva" <womankind at earthlink.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Bush administration fights Blind's access to 
currency


| 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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