eu-jin’s posterous

I did not know that Norway publicly publishes the income and taxes of
every citizen annually. As expected, there's a frenzy of interest when
the data comes out, leading to

1) tax porno --- "many treat the list like “tax porno” — furtively
checking the income of neighbors or co-workers"

2) questions in school and at the grocery store --- “The children of
people with low wages are being teased about it in the schools,” Mr.
Stordrange said Thursday. “People with low salaries are being met with
comments at the grocery store, ‘How can you live on these low wages?”’

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/business/global/24tax.html?ref=business