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According to a story on CNN today, the “U.S. Treasury Department is violating the law by failing to design and issue currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and visually impaired people.”

I don’t know about you, but I’ve bought newspapers and junk food from blind people and we’ve never had any problems.  Think of the expense of redesigning all ATM’s and vending machines to accept redesigned paper money incorporating “Suggested solutions include making bills different sizes, including raised markings or using foil printing which is a method of hot stamping that is tactically discernable.”

May I humbly suggest that these judges get a life?  Let’s face it, with the government printing money like mad, which will soon cause inflation to take off, all our paper money is going to be worth about the same in a few years anyway….  Zero.

I don’t really care if they redo the greenback or not - I posted this simply to get in the part about the government and inflation causing paper money to be worthless in a few years. 

But it does seem like a giant waste of time and money to me.  Here’s an idea, for less total cost, the government could hire a sighted person to follow each blind person around all day and make sure they aren’t getting ripped off!  (That’s sarcasm for those of you about to bombard me with email and comments.) 

gk