Why is it the America has to be the last country to adopt modern practices sometimes? As per my earlier arguments, we have a long way to go until we are a truly great country. A long, long long way. Aside from the violence, blood for oil, persecution of minorities, state-sanctioned murders, terrible treatment of the poor and rejection of freedom, America is also very far behind when it comes to currency.
A US federal appeals court upheld a ruling that having all dollar notes the same size and texture was unacceptable.
The judges voted two to one to reject the government’s claim that changing note sizes would be too expensive. “A large majority of other currency systems have accommodated the visually impaired, and the secretary does not explain why US currency should be any different,” Judge Judith Rogers wrote in the court’s opinion.
Good, we’re moving along then. Every foreign country I have ever been to; China, Mongolia, Vietnam, France, Spain, England etc… have different sized currency, for as long as I can remember. Why are we always the last to adopt modern practices?
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Excellent idea. I can’t believe it took this long for anyone to think of this in the US. Coins have always been identifiable by touch, by size and by the ridged edges, why not paper money? It’s gotta be tough to be blind, so many obstacles that people with sight never consider