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  • Posted by Rocky_Road 9 years, 10 months ago
    From the link: The paper reported that the bills were so tightly folded, it "required tax office personnel approximately six minutes to unfold each bill."

    Now, it boggles the mind to imagine the time that it took to fold 600 of these!
    I can only speak for myself, but my time can be better spent in some other form of protest. Handing them $600 worth of pennies would have made his point, and probably not have gotten him cuffed.

    Just my opinion....
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    • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 9 years, 10 months ago
      I thought he was creative.
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      • Posted by Rocky_Road 9 years, 10 months ago
        That he was!
        But creativity doesn't always beget genius.

        The time he spent (had to be astronomical) could have been used to get a petition signed demanding lowered property taxes, for instance. Annoying the government workers at the tax office, will not make his case...!
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        • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 9 years, 10 months ago
          I was unaware that being annoying was a jailable offense........guess I was wrong.
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          • Posted by Rocky_Road 9 years, 10 months ago
            There was definite point where he could have made his protest, and held the high ground even if removed from the building. But he gave up that option here:
            "The affidavit says Norris pulled away from a deputy who was attempting to place him in handcuffs. He eventually was wrestled to the ground, placed in custody and charged with criminal trespass and resisting arrest."

            Up to there, he probably could have won his case about harassment.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 10 months ago
    Is this arithmetic right? It takes them 6 min / bill. 6min/bill * 600 bills = 3600 minutes. 3600 minutes / 60 min/hr = 60 hours. So it would take him over one week of work to process 600 $1 bills!?

    How many gov't workers does it take to process 600 bills in an 8hr day? It sounds like the setup for a joke, but it's a word problem. The answer is 8 workers.

    They're either lying or amazingly inefficient at doing basic tasks.
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    • Posted by Technocracy 9 years, 10 months ago
      You left out union mandated breaks and lunch hours in your calculations. In an 8 hour day, there is not more than 5 hours of actual "work".

      So my answer would be 10 workers
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