the stroke of an indelible pencil.
Oh sure, wipe out the eraser industry in a single stroke.
Unintended consequences...empty factories, rubber trees
untended, guys beside the highway with signs,
“Will erase for food!”.
Well we can't have that, can we?
Indelible pencils will only be sold for use with checks and contracts. All other usage will be limited to erasable pencils. Easily controlled by the color of the lead. We propose 5 different colors to limit usage accordingly.
All signatures must be indelible black.
Note taking is erasable purple.
Doodling and art usage is to be done in erasable red.
Memorandum and letter writing must be in blue indelible.
All government scriveners must use yellow indelible pencils.
Better?
This will also insure that pencils are sold in groups of colors with strict control over all yellow colored pencils.