[bumbada]

In Spain the socialists tried to copy the Scandinavian model of tax information.

Very soon they realized terrorist groups like ETA or GRAPO used that information in order to extort, kidnap or kill family members of those that had high income in order to finance itself. Having access to that meant the ability to calculate the "revolutionary tax" for every entity with extreme precision.

So it was short lived, but on the Basque country they continued having access to that information because the political party that represented the terrorists had access to it.

Today travelling to places like Thailand or Mexico is extremely dangerous if they know you have money. They can kidnap your taxi driver, or put cocaine bags on you luggage.

I personally believe what I earn is nobody business but me and my family.

People have strong opinions about something they have never experienced, like socialism and communism. They really love those systems from outside, the grass is always greener on the other side.

[gigatexal]

ok yikes perhaps then salaries need not be public but at least everyone in a company should know what everyone is making. All this secrecy is stupid and helps no-one.