Rereading what I just posted, I just thought of something I do find interesting:
Why is it rude in our culture to talk about how much money one makes or has been offered? I nearly went back and edited that last post because it seemed uncouth, but I'm not sure that's a social nicety to which I want to subscribe. It reminds me too much of union-busting, of enforced ignorance of pay scale between employees at the same company or people in similar jobs across companies. Why SHOULDN'T we know how we're being compensated compares to how other people are being compensated? Does it pose any danger to the worker, or is all the danger to the bosses? And if all the danger is to the bosses, how can we eradicate this particular bit of backbiting politeness?