[nfbwatlk] FW: Breaking News!

[Alco Canfield]

The only advantage I can see about accessible currency is that it would open up retail positions to blind people.  I would like to see what other countries have cooked up re currency.  Canadian money feels flimsy to me, and I don't remepber it being any different in shape or size. Regardless, it's winrth more than ours at the moment.

I wonder how much it would cost to create "accessible" money?  Of course, the way the economy is going, we may not have enough bills to distinguish anyway. 

Alco

Alco

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] FW: Breaking News!

Yup; the devil is in the details. Funny how the courts and ACB both said 
to Treasury: "You figure out how to do it!"

Mike Freeman
... "It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly." -- Anatole 
France


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lauren Merryfield
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  Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:24 AM
  Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] FW: Breaking News!


  Hi,
  Making the bills different sizes, I'd think, would not help that much.
  Someone could cut one shorter and say it was a certain denomination.
  Thanks
  Lauren
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  > Here's a bit more on the story.  It was a 2 to 1 ruling, thus not 
the
  > entire court.
  >
  >
  >
  > WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court says paper money 
discriminates
  > against blind people.
  >
  > The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has
  > upheld a ruling that could force the U.S. to redesign its money so 
blind
  > people can distinguish between values.
  >
  > Such changes could include making bills different sizes, including
  > raised markings or printing oversized numbers for people who see 
poorly.
  >
  > The appeals court ruled 2-1 on Tuesday that the U.S. didn't explain 
why
  > such changes would be an unreasonable burden, especially since many
  > other countries have done so.
  >
  > FIND MORE STORIES IN: District of Columbia Circuit
  > 
<http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/topic.aspx?req=tag&tag=District%
  > 20of%20Columbia%20Circuit>
  >
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  > Bennett Prows
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  > Subject: Breaking News!
  >
  >
  >
  > I have heard it through the grape vine, that the D.C. U.S. Court of
  > appeals has just ruled that American currency is discriminatory 
against
  > the blind.  If true, it's not good.  Wonder how David Tatel, blind 
judge
  > on that court and a contributor to NFB conventions as a speaker, as 
well
  > as a big user of Newsline opined on this.  More details when they 
come
  > through.
  >
  >
  >
  > /s/
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