Transparency is good

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Here's just an add-on to my last post about Facebook. This article of the German journal DIE ZEIT points out the benefits of transparency in a completely other area: taxation. In Sweden, everyone knows what everyone earns and how many taxes they pay for the good of the national community. No hiding and no fear. And as a result more trust into the state and the community.

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