US Currency unfair to blind people...

This was a ruling from a US federal district court. It doesn't say what circuit but Judge James Robertson has ruled that the government has denied blind people meaningful access to money. The Department of the Treasury has 10 days to find ways to allow blind people to differentiate the denominations of bills. Here's a little of the story from FOXNews.com...

He said he wouldn't tell officials how to fix the problem, but he ordered them to begin working on it within 10 days. The American Council of the Blind has proposed several options, including printing bills of differing sizes, adding embossed dots or foil to the paper or using raised ink.

"Of the more than 180 countries that issue paper currency, only the United States prints bills that are identical in size and color in all their denominations," Robertson wrote. "More than 100 of the other issuers vary their bills in size according to denomination, and every other issuer includes at least some features that help the visually impaired."

Government attorneys argued that forcing the Treasury Department to change the size of the bills or add texture would make it harder to prevent counterfeiting. Robertson was not swayed.

"The fact that each of these features is currently used in other currencies suggests that, at least on the face of things, such accommodations are reasonable," he wrote.

He said the government was violating the Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in government programs. The opinion came after a four-year legal fight.

This just means that the Treasury just have to find ways to make it more easier for the blind to use money but make sure that counterfeiters can't be able to copy US Currency.