I think the question is more why should an individual's salary be private?
Personally, I think money is power, and I want to know about power disparities to better protect myself. But I understand there are factors to consider.
Personally, I think money is power, and I want to know about power disparities to better protect myself. But I understand there are factors to consider.
Philosophically, whether an individual's ought to be private is an interesting but distinct question. This proposal has the disadvantage that it makes disclosures about individual people who might not want that disclosure made and which are not being made today.
If a salary shouldn't be secret, why does the US insist on allowing some people to keep their salary secret?
Advertising the salary of sports figures as a means of enforcing competition-protecting salary caps? No problem.
Advertising the salary of people for which there is no current requirement, for which there is a current practice of non-disclosure, and for which there is no taxpayer accountability benefit? I think that merits discussion rather than a advance conclusion of "a few of us think it's a good idea, so get bent".
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