If we're actually taking their gov't BS seriously for a moment, wouldn't most banks accept a deposit of 600 folded singles at no charge?

He used a commercial panini press.

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

Amazing inefficiency is a given.

I really want to know how they were folded to be so difficult to deal with. :)

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.

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.

I was unaware that being annoying was a jailable offense........guess I was wrong.

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...!

I thought he was creative.

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....

Civil disobedience just got a hammer blow.