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As usual at this time of the year, everyFinns's income and taxes for last year are available for all to see. The top 10.000 or so also make it into the media -  There are complete lists published for every municipality, but typically the media are interested in the top 100 or so: like this: Top Finnish Earners

You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 12:37:57 PM EST
Who is Göran Sundholm, and why is my tax rate higher than his? Progressive taxation my ass!

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 02:19:32 PM EST
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Maricap?
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 02:22:56 PM EST
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Antway, nice to see Sven in the top 200, i won't give his name away, but the next Caol Ila's on him.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin
by Crazy Horse on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 03:21:51 PM EST
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Sundholm says he's not looking for publicity. In an interview for Yle News he calls himself a product developer and says he is the first Finn with more than 100 patents. That feat Sundholm values higher than all the money.

In 2001 Sundholm sold his 48 % share of the company Marioff för 272 million euros to the American company UTC. Marioff manufactures fire protection systems with a water fog. Sundholm founded the company in 1985.

A true inventor and entrepeneur who built a company himself and deserves the money, at least more than the hedge fund locusts do.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 07:11:37 PM EST
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Wow, no privacy issues?

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 03:02:59 PM EST
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I wouldn't say that Finland represents a fully transparent society, but realtively...

Yes, I can find out what my neighbour earns. It rather takes the fun out of  posing as something that you are not. And useful for social cohesion for that reason.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 at 03:34:04 PM EST
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