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To: Road Walker who wrote (352)	9/25/2005 11:18:28 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 492

I never tell anyone what I make or what I have, I was brought up to believe that was rude. Yeah, but think about it at work. If all the colleagues know each other's salaries, it gives them the advantage in negotiations with the company. If no one knows each other's salaries, it gives the company the advantage, and it increases the likelihood of inequality. It would be a big cultural change, but I don't know if it would be a bad one. As for scam artists, the target (rich sucker) would be able to find out the yearly income and net worth of the scammer, so the rich sucker might not be persuaded unless the scammer was pretty wealthy. And a very wealthy scammer probably wouldn't be scamming, he'd be skiing...

To: Road Walker who wrote (352)	9/28/2005 2:13:12 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 492

Come on, this is your board, isn't it!? I put up an idea that I think fits with the ideology of the board (whatever it may be), and all I get from you is Have to think on that And from Tim, "has some benefits, but overall I'm against it" with zero explanation as to how he reached that conclusion. Whattaya think, is society better off if everybody knows what every other member of society has and makes? Here's the long version of the question: Message 21735345