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> A solution is to just make everyone's tax reports public. Hell no. I don't want to be targeted be advertisers, penalised by insurers, and become a target fo

> A solution is to just make everyone's tax reports public. Hell no. I don't want to be targeted be advertisers, penalised by insurers, and become a target for robbery because I have my personal information spread around for everyone to see. There's a lot of personal shit on your tax return. Far more than is even apparent. It can also expose your side business to your employer which could cause issues. I'm all for salary transparency, but tax returns are pretty private forms that contain an extremely high amount of PI, and can be data mined to expose even more implicit forms of PI.

charlesdm 12y ago
I totally agree with this. The potential upside of doing this doesn't warrant the massive downside. Before you know it, you'll be getting bombarded with advertisements. Besides, in the EU, a society where the average person hates it when someone who is not him is doing well, I'd rather people not know how much I earn.
- wereHamster 12y ago
  > EU [...] a society Don't generalize. The EU has 28 member states, with diverse cultures and social norms. What works in Norway may not work in the southern Italy.
  - zirok 12y ago
    Norway is not a member state of the EU. It has close ties with the EU, but it is not part of the EU.
czep 12y ago
Criminals and marketers already know how rich you are based on where you live. Published tax forms will have no effect on your probability of being robbed. It argue tax forms are private, but that's what's at issue here. Many societies think this should be public information. It goes a long way towards preventing graft.
- raverbashing 12y ago
  "already know how rich you are based on where you live" Of course... Because if you live at place X you're rich and Y you're poor That is naive at best. "Published tax forms will have no effect on your probability of being robbed." Of course not, so maybe you can start and put your tax info somewhere public.
  - jahmed 12y ago
    State employees in California have their pay published yearly. I've never heard of this being even the least bit controversial. http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/#req=employee%2Ftop%2Fyear%3D2013 http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/#req...
- Htsthbjig 12y ago
  Criminals and marketers already know how rich you are based on where you live. Not true.Read this: http://www.amazon.com/The-Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising/dp/1589795474 http://www.amazon.com/The-Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising/d... The fact is that most rich people live without showing off. They enjoy having the freedom to do in their lives what they want but they do not want other people kidnapping their children or blackmailing them. Or just people behaving different with them because of the money. You know Bill Gates used to park his car like everybody else in MS, until it became impossible for him to park without having 1 or 2 people ask him for money(on the tens of thousand of dollars each time). Or ask me. I am not Bill Gates, but for people in my environment I have "made it". Just putting my name in my HN account will significantly change how people react to my comments.

charlesdm 12y ago

I totally agree with this. The potential upside of doing this doesn't warrant the massive downside. Before you know it, you'll be getting bombarded with advertisements. Besides, in the EU, a society where the average person hates it when someone who is not him is doing well, I'd rather people not know how much I earn.

wereHamster 12y ago
> EU [...] a society Don't generalize. The EU has 28 member states, with diverse cultures and social norms. What works in Norway may not work in the southern Italy.
- zirok 12y ago
  Norway is not a member state of the EU. It has close ties with the EU, but it is not part of the EU.

czep 12y ago

Criminals and marketers already know how rich you are based on where you live. Published tax forms will have no effect on your probability of being robbed. It argue tax forms are private, but that's what's at issue here. Many societies think this should be public information. It goes a long way towards preventing graft.

raverbashing 12y ago
"already know how rich you are based on where you live" Of course... Because if you live at place X you're rich and Y you're poor That is naive at best. "Published tax forms will have no effect on your probability of being robbed." Of course not, so maybe you can start and put your tax info somewhere public.
- jahmed 12y ago
  State employees in California have their pay published yearly. I've never heard of this being even the least bit controversial. http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/#req=employee%2Ftop%2Fyear%3D2013 http://www.sacbee.com/site-services/databases/state-pay/#req...
Htsthbjig 12y ago
Criminals and marketers already know how rich you are based on where you live. Not true.Read this: http://www.amazon.com/The-Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising/dp/1589795474 http://www.amazon.com/The-Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising/d... The fact is that most rich people live without showing off. They enjoy having the freedom to do in their lives what they want but they do not want other people kidnapping their children or blackmailing them. Or just people behaving different with them because of the money. You know Bill Gates used to park his car like everybody else in MS, until it became impossible for him to park without having 1 or 2 people ask him for money(on the tens of thousand of dollars each time). Or ask me. I am not Bill Gates, but for people in my environment I have "made it". Just putting my name in my HN account will significantly change how people react to my comments.