Finland has no Income Privacy -- Customer Service -- Ryan Zinke on his way out?

Pamplona can boast of the running of the bulls, Rio de Janeiro has Carnival, but Helsinki is alone in observing “National Jealousy Day,” when every Finnish citizen’s taxable income is made public at 8 a.m. sharp.   NYT

I don't care what my neighbor makes, or what the millionaires

do to dodge their taxes and conduct their high affairs.

Income don't mean anything to me; I'm on a pension.

As long as I get one more day, the rest is just pretension.

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Two people call customer service at the same time to complain about the same thing. One waits a few seconds before a representative gets on the line. The other stays on hold. Why the difference?

There’s a good chance it has something to do with a rating known as a customer lifetime value, or CLV. That secret number is used by all manner of companies to measure the potential financial value of their customers.    WSJ

Whenever I call to complain

I'm waiting forever in vain

for some human sound,

sincere or profound,

that don't sound like it's from Bahrain. 

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The White House is growing increasingly concerned about allegations of misconduct against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to two senior administration officials, and President Trump has asked aides for more information about a Montana land deal under scrutiny by the Justice Department.    Washington Post.

The President's gang is a study

in ethics that get pretty muddy.

There's Zinke, of course,

upon his high horse;

a conscience as plastic as putty.

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"There's always one bad apple."