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¿Question #3641?
heli: If you were a public official would you sue to keep your salary from being published in the newspaper? If yes, why? If taxpayers are nice enough to pay your salary, aren't we entitled to know?

the manatee: As a public employee, I wouldn't sue. Your salary is public information.
Phil Fleischmann: No. Every other boss knows what his employees make. Every other client knows what he pays the people he hires.
baub64: nope, public figure gets a public salary
Rygel: No
arkibet: no - it's supposed to be public information
Silverleaf: nope
Squaresville: I wouldn't care if it's published
Nikku: Yes, none of their damn business.
bacusgod: I wouldn't mind it being published, if that wouldn't make me a target for FARC (the Colombian a**hole guerilla).
pwilz: Um. These things _are_ a matter of public record.
cgund: Would not/have not sue/sued.
Abruk: I don't agree. Everyone have confidencial rights
waza: No/NA/Yes
TheKeck: No.
techgirl: no
markabq: no
DHEK: If the revealing of my salary does nothing, then I don't see why others need to know it, so yes I might sue to keep it from being published. Who pays my salary has nothing to do with the principle behind the non-disclosure.
TheArchAngel: no and yes, they {the voters} should know
grafvolluth: No
aleo09: no it;s public record.
ACK ACK: no; yes
Libra: Taxpayers are not "nice enough to pay" the salaries of public officials. They have no choice in the matter. That's why they pay "taxes," not "donations."
MadGonzo: no - taxpayers are entitled to know.
mrspank: If I were a public official my salary should be known by the public. It's their money. Everybody should know the salary of EVERY public official and EVERY public company. Period.
iamalias: NO
jeffwolfe: Don't get me started. Filing such a suit should be a capital offense.
smitty1966: No. We ARE entitled to know!
discoking7: No to part one. Yes to part two. And another thing, public officials should not have the power to vote themselves raises. I can't vote myself a raise
cutlass: NO
MaksimSmelchak: N/A.
Dean Conrad: You wanna know? See me in court
scriptorum: No, the public is paying it, they should see it.
greglios: I don't care if people know how much I earn (£21, 894 for the record).
dmomo: No.
XenoMaster: Yes. Because it's none of your concern. Taxpayers aren't nice enough to pay, if they don't they get fined or imprisoned, taxpayers are evil, selfish beings, taking every deduction they can find
hacksword: No
Firepigeon: Yes we are intitled to know!!!!
vampywife: No, as if the taxpayers are paying my salary, they should know how much I'm worth.
jasta6: I to honest to be in the government.....yes we should know.....
Mordachai: I will probably become a public official when I have finished my Social Work studies. No, I wouldn't sue.
Jet Jaguar: If I were a public official, I'd be too busy getting paid under the table to notice. Also, there's a young intern down there.
_Kael_: Ask one. Not me.
SgtTodd: Damn tootin
POvidiusNaso: Nope. You're damned right they are.
Belash: no
brainrob: No
thegroff: They are sure entitled to know ANY public salary.
ssmooth: If your salary is not public information, you're not really a public official.
djlg: No. NA. Yes.
GrandpaDave: I say, let them know
Cerebus: No.
KnobDoctor: As far as I know, how much public officials make is already public knowledge.
snoozefest: no
mrbeankc: No. Just because someone is a public official doesn't mean they have a lesser right to privacy.
Mikebegeta: no and yes
Lord_Prussian: I would not and I think we are.
Legend Dan: I'd sue to increase my salary, actually.
sourwyrm: yes we should know
chockle: yes, because people would say it's too much. Yes, but I'd still try to stop the public from knowing.
2amp: no, freedom of information act
jttm: I don't think I'd care either way...
skrutsch: no, n/a, sure
heli: This stuff is happening in the cities around here.
CortexBomb: We're dealing with an awfully large number of hypotheticals here aren't we?
Spielfreak: no, but what's the motivation for publishing it in a newspaper?
chaddyboy_2000: No.
skelebone: Were I a public official, I think that what the taxpayers are paying me should be known. Any monies they aren't paying me probably aren't their business.
CDRodeffer: I wouldn't mind my salary being known if I were a public official.