[real-eyes] Fw: Blind people don't need cash
- From: "& Ruthie" <chaosynchronous@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:54:19 -0600
>
>> Living Blind (Blog)
>> Wednesday, December 13, 2006
>>
>> Blind people don't need cash
>>
>> By Living Blind
>>
>>
>> A disturbing article on cnn.com today about how the American government
>> feels about blind people. There was a ruling not too long ago that stated
>> American money was unfair to blind people, because all bills feel the
>> same, and are the same sizes. There's no easy way for a blind person to
>> discriminate a $20 from a $5 (unless you have someone in the house that
>> can see, or you buy one of those electronic bill identifiers that only
>> seem to work 5% of the time anyway).
>>
>> The Bush Administration responded by saying that there's no need for the
>> Treasury to change it's bills, because blind people should just use
>> credit and debit cards! Silly me, why didn't I think of that? Yes, the
>> next time the delivery boy shows up to the house to deliver the
>> groceries, I will just hand him my debit card so he can run it back to
>> the store and charge me for his tip. Yes, that sounds like a grand idea.
>>
>> What it really comes down to is that the Bush Administration doesn't want
>> to fork out all that money "just" for blind people. Blind people should
>> just resort to other means of paying for stuff, because they're in the
>> minority anyway, right? Sure. This is just another example of how easy it
>> is for the blind and visually impaired to be ignored and pushed aside
>> (especially by the Bush Administration). I'm hoping that once the
>> democrats make it into office, that they show some reason and reverse
>> Bush's lame decision on a real problem.
>> Here is a link to the article on www.cnn.com:
>>
>> http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/12/blind.money/index.html
>>
>> Posted by Living Blind
>>
>>
>> http://livingblind.blogspot.com/2006/12/blind-people-dont-need-cash.html
>>
Ruthie &
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