In the US, this argument is even easier to debunk, especially when it comes from middle-class adults who've been working for a while. "I have nothing to hide"

In the US, this argument is even easier to debunk, especially when it comes from middle-class adults who've been working for a while. "I have nothing to hide" "What's your salary and your spouse's salary?" The huge amount of secrecy around salaries in the US is proof that a lot of people have perfectly innocuous secrets that they very much like to hide.