US given 30 days to develop plan to change currency

[mrplunkey]

... sued for not having "blind usable" currency, so judge orders US government to change it.

I'm not saying its a bad idea to plan these types of things into your currency, but doesn't this kind of stuff get ridiculous at some point?

 

[The Shadow]

Well.....


Yeah - I see both sides.....


I do think simply changing the size of the currency would be a great start

 

[jh1]

lol

We'll see just how powerless that judge is.

 

[mrplunkey]

Well.....


Yeah - I see both sides.....


I do think simply changing the size of the currency would be a great start

I agree, but the problem is with all of our laws about making "reasonable accommodations" entertaining a lawsuit like this opens-up a huge can of worms.

I heard on the news this morning (if I remember correctly) that it will take $250M-$350M of taxpayer money to change this for less than 1M legally blind US citizens. So taxpayers just got a $250-$350 per blind person "accommodation tax".

 

[Lao Tzu]

I agree, but the problem is with all of our laws about making "reasonable accommodations" entertaining a lawsuit like this opens-up a huge can of worms.

I heard on the news this morning (if I remember correctly) that it will take $250M-$350M of taxpayer money to change this for less than 1M legally blind US citizens. So taxpayers just got a $250-$350 per blind person "accommodation tax".

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Nov29/0,4670,BlindMoney,00.html

The Treasury Department spent $4.2 billion on printing over the past decade, Robertson said. Adding a raised number to the bills would have increased costs less than 5 percent over that period, he said.

 

[The Shadow]

I dunno...

They changed several of the bills recently - adding color etc - there had to be some sort of cost involved in that I would think

It would probably be more expensive to cut the bills at various sizes.

 

[UA_Iron]

It is ridiculous I agree.

If the blind want it changed then they can cough up the money for retooling, design work and other administrative costs involved with such an extensive recall of all the currency.

99% of the US population should not have to bend over backwards for the other 1%.

 

[mrplunkey]

It is ridiculous I agree.

If the blind want it changed then they can cough up the money for retooling, design work and other administrative costs involved with such an extensive recall of all the currency.

99% of the US population should not have to bend over backwards for the other 1%.

And the fact that it's 0.333% makes it even worse!

 

[mrplunkey]

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Nov29/0,4670,BlindMoney,00.html

The Treasury Department spent $4.2 billion on printing over the past decade, Robertson said. Adding a raised number to the bills would have increased costs less than 5 percent over that period, he said.

I do so love the percentages game...

You compare an outrageous cost to an even bigger number in hopes someone will lose sight of the outrageous cost.

Let me try one: The US GNP is 11.75 trillion. If they only gave me a paultry 0.1%, they'd never miss it. I figure I could always use 11.75 billion dollars too, so it would go to a great cause.

I mean... WTF? I'm only talking 0.1%. They should give it up since they'd never miss it.

 

[p0ink]

i suggest that blind people use only credit cards

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Sucks feeling like being $$$-raped by the blind. So wrong.

I heard 75 million for it on the un radio this morning... maybe my antenna was screwy.

 

[Cutiebaby]

It is ridiculous I agree.

If the blind want it changed then they can cough up the money for retooling, design work and other administrative costs involved with such an extensive recall of all the currency.

99% of the US population should not have to bend over backwards for the other 1%.

agreed