Norway did this and academic research shows it significantly reduced the self-reported happiness of most people, especially poorer people.https://twitter.com/BCAppelbaum/status/1113564292643733506 …
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Why would it be bad for poorer people to be sadder? Um.... because it's not good for people to be sad?
OK, Norma Rae. The idea that public tax returns is going to spark “class consciousness” is the wonk version of fan fiction. More likely people will be looking at their neighbors incomes to find reasons to justify their pre-existing resentments