Colbert wants to Smell the Cash

On May 20, a federal appeals court upheld a 2006 decision that U.S. currency discriminates against blind people because bill denominations cannot be easily distinguished by the visually impaired. While the ruling states that the government must make changes, it does not dictate what those changes must be, leading the Treasury Department to hire a research firm to explore the possibilities. The American Council of the Blind, which first brought the lawsuit in 2002, has also offered suggestions which include embossed dots, raised ink, and different sizes for bills of different denominations.
Our vote goes to Stephen Cobert who, on the May 29 broadcast of The Colbert Report, suggested Scented Money!…although his choice of scents (”Each bill should have the natural scent of the hero upon it!”) could use maybe just a little tweaking.