Three explanations have been provided for this peculiar exhibit of "spilled" cash in the Senate's Hart Building:
i) Step aside "Bernanke chopper"; presenting the "Yellen briefcase"
ii) Debt ceiling compromises don't come cheaply
iii) A Senator just cashed out of their SPX calls
All are equally likely, although perhaps what is saddest is that nobody even wants to pick it the strewn "reserve" currency.
Uh... so someone dropped a ton of money on the floor in the Senate Hart building pic.twitter.com/gS1XtR6h7M [6]
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 10, 2013 [7]
Update: turns out it is iv) Crony Capitalism Protesters, in this case well-funded anti-Monsanto activists:
Shouting "Monsanto money!" activists protest #Monsanto [8] and GMOs at Hart Senate Office Building pic.twitter.com/sTL06l2vRV [9]
— Jared Gilmour (@jaredgilmour) October 10, 2013 [10]
@AndrewStilesNRO [11] @elisefoley [12] pic.twitter.com/9mMP0GgBrM [13]
— Jared Gilmour (@jaredgilmour) October 10, 2013 [14]
And the sad conclusion:
Capitol police now sweeping up all the money pic.twitter.com/dxlQ8uFdcF [15]
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 10, 2013 [16]
Finally, and most importantly: have the protesters been hired by the Fed yet?