$69,700 makes for a big stack of fives.

People can learn a whole bunch from the blind community. There is a movement to have the different denominations of U.S. currency to be printed in different sizes, or with braille marks on the bills so that blind people can more easily use that money. A nice thought, sure, but there are huge implications with this: vending machines would have to be replaced with ones that can read the new currency, and that's just the only thing I can remember right now.

The thing is that this movement is being brought on by an advocacy group. The advocates want the change, but those who are being helped out don't want it. They are fine with the way things are, and don't want to rock the boat. They're happy with paying for everything in $5 bills, so they can tell if the change back is right. Or using plastic.

This is heartening news. We're in a time when people are paid to not work, or they get money to sit at home after an on-the-job accident. I like the idea of a minority group that doesn't want the hand down, and they're merely happy with the way things are. Would that more groups behave this way, instead of making a scene whenever they're 'slighted' in some way.