Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Get ready for bumpy dollars!

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. discriminates against blind people by printing paper money that makes it impossible for them to distinguish among the bills' varying values, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The ruling upholds a decision by a lower court in 2006. It could force the Treasury Department to redesign its money. Suggested changes have ranged from making bills different sizes to printing them with raised markings.

I presume that the wallet industry will lobby for different sized bills so that it can sell millions of "new currency compliant" models. Hope that they go with raised numbering or imprints instead.

Full article from AP.

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