Are The Blind Out To Oppress The Non Blind?
This is an update of an earlier post that I brought to you attention. U.S. District Judge James Robertson made a socialist ruling based on the Rehabilitation Act that mandates that treasury department has to change the currency of the United States to take in account the disability of blind individuals.
The lawsuit is clearly a way for the American Council of the Blind to get around our system of making changes in the government by bringing the courts into it. They state as much themselves with the following words from this article.
The chances are good that the group went judge shopping before even submitting their lawsuit as that would be the actions of any half way competent attorney and from what I know there is nothing to stop them,
According to Tara Cortes, president of Lighthouse International, another advocacy group for the blind there are 1.3 million blind individuals in the U.S. and the number is expected to grow. That comes up to 43 individuals who are blind out of every 10,000 residents. These individuals are taxpayers and deserve that an tax expenditure in proportion to their numbers be made to accommodate their needs. That expenditure would be 43/100ths of a cent of each dollar spent. I don’t think anyone would object if 50/100ths of a cent of each dollar was spent on them.
The law in question is the Rehabilitation Act and it is constitutional as Congress can make laws regulating federal agencies. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities in programs conducted by the federal government. It does not mandate discrimination toward those who are not disabled so in order to prevent discrimination on both sides the Treasury should make sure that the blind get their 43/100th of a cent of every tax dollar worth of input into each currency design.
Source 1 is article about Federal Government appealing case.
Source 2 is some information about the Rehabilitation Act.
The lawsuit is clearly a way for the American Council of the Blind to get around our system of making changes in the government by bringing the courts into it. They state as much themselves with the following words from this article.
Christopher Gray, president of the council, said that while his group has been lobbying for changes to help the blind since 1995, the government has yet to conduct any feasibility studies of what those changes might cost. He said that during that time, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing has made several design changes to thwart counterfeiters.
The chances are good that the group went judge shopping before even submitting their lawsuit as that would be the actions of any half way competent attorney and from what I know there is nothing to stop them,
According to Tara Cortes, president of Lighthouse International, another advocacy group for the blind there are 1.3 million blind individuals in the U.S. and the number is expected to grow. That comes up to 43 individuals who are blind out of every 10,000 residents. These individuals are taxpayers and deserve that an tax expenditure in proportion to their numbers be made to accommodate their needs. That expenditure would be 43/100ths of a cent of each dollar spent. I don’t think anyone would object if 50/100ths of a cent of each dollar was spent on them.
The law in question is the Rehabilitation Act and it is constitutional as Congress can make laws regulating federal agencies. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities in programs conducted by the federal government. It does not mandate discrimination toward those who are not disabled so in order to prevent discrimination on both sides the Treasury should make sure that the blind get their 43/100th of a cent of every tax dollar worth of input into each currency design.
Source 1 is article about Federal Government appealing case.
Source 2 is some information about the Rehabilitation Act.
posted by Kerwin | 9:11 PM
1 Comments:
Changing the entire currency for the blind is ridiculous, unnecessary, and a waste of money. I suppose I'll be labled "anti-blind" now.
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