Dollar bills came swirling down just after 5 p.m. at Seventh Avenue and Pike Street, to the delight of tourists. The money was printed with the words "money as speech silences us all," a statement of protest against court rulings that consider political donations from businesses a form of free speech.Nothing refutes the idea that money is bad like free money. In fact, I will gladly take up this cause for a princely sum.
According to the activists' website, the money will go back into general circulation and get their message out.
Holly Rozner, a tourist visiting Seattle from Chicago with a group of friends, fetched $14 from the sky.
"I just saw it coming down," she said. "I didn't think it was real."
7/5/12
The OWS Seattle stimulus plan
7/5/12
Utter waste of money, still more effective than the Recovery Act: