I read the other day that the U.S. government is considering another change to our paper currency. It seems that someone has sued the government on behalf of blind people saying, in part, that our currently current currency is unfair to the visually challenged.
At issue is that blind people have no way to tell the difference between a twenty dollar bill and, say, a five dollar bill. The proposed solution would be to make different denomination paper money in different sizes. Why don't they just write a check or use a debit card? And what happens when they only have all fives in their wallet? With no other currency to compare the size to, aren't they still subject to whatever their original problem was?
And since when does size matter? I thought that was a myth. Does that mean that beach balls will have more value than baseballs? Or that tall people will have more worth than short people? Where will it end?
And if blind people can sue because they cannot distinguish the value between two similar inert objects, does that mean that blonds will be able to sue when they realize the true value of their man? Oh, wait . . . Britney and K-Fed already set that precedent. But the question still remains, if people can sue to know the actual, real value of things, how will Microsoft and Health Care companies stay in business?
This could have dire consequences. My solution is much simpler. Let the blind people sue the government and win. But they don't win the change they are seeking. They win, instead, a large monetary settlement. Then we pay them in all one dollar bills. And then we make a law saying that it is illegal to give or receive anything other than one dollar bills to blind people. This will accomplish two things.
Buying stuff will keep blind people too busy to file any more frivolous lawsuits. And Circuit City can continue selling the Microsoft Zune right next to Apple's iPod.
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