Italians Furious After Government Website Posts Every Citizen's Income Details

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ABC News   |  ROBIN POMEROY   |   May 1, 2008 11:43 AM

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Italians were surprised, and in some cases outraged, on Wednesday to discover their income levels were available for public viewing on an Internet site.

As part of a crack-down on tax evasion, the outgoing centre-left government made public every citizen's declared taxable income on the state's tax website, a decision attacked by consumer groups and some politicians.

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- wm1066 See Profile I'm a Fan of wm1066

Well, Berlisconi has been in power for a week....hmmmmm...
Is this payback from the rightwing?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:43 PM on 05/01/2008
- ErnestineBass See Profile I'm a Fan of ErnestineBass

I can't believe the Italians re-elected this Il Duce wannabe.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:38 PM on 05/01/2008
- gevan See Profile I'm a Fan of gevan

More like a swipe from the outgoing Prodi & Visco lefties.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:38 PM on 05/01/2008
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