I am stunned by the reaction of MZM et al.
Ok, so I live in a different world, a world which prides itself in financial transparency, to the extent that all tax-returns are public. That´s right; if I want to find what my neighbour´s income or taxes is ....it is only a few clicks away on my computer.
But I have a few questions to Americans out there: how accurate would such "net worth" -figures (quoted by Greg) be?
(I ask, as around my parts of the world the tax authorities only value real estate to about 1/3 of marked value. So if you have, say properties with approx. marked value of 3 mil., and a loan in the bank for 1 mil...that adds up to 0 in "net worth" according to the tax-man. There are three numbers made public about every citizen of my country every year, and that is "net worth", "net income", & "taxes due/paid". And everyone knows the only the two last figures makes any sense.)
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