What more do you want?
Irritation grows over taxes - Aftenposten.noBut, but...Norwegians are among the most heavily taxed people in the world, and that in turn has made Norway one of the most expensive countries in which to live. Most accept the taxes they're ordered to pay on income and even net worth and property, but growing numbers are publicly complaining about sky-high taxes on everything from cars to fuel to consumer goods.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, is there? Someone always pays the check, whether it's with 'free' healthcare or other social programs... and the money's got to come from somewhere.
So - take a look. This is the sort of system that the 'progressives' would like to inflict on the US. $16 glasses of wine, $9 for a gallon of gas, a 25% VAT on nearly all consumer taxes...
Look well at this - because it could be the future.
J.
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They also have a foreigner influx problem due to lack of people to fill jobs. Nokia hires directly from India and Pakistan and other less well off Nations. And some number of those do not want to treat Norway as a 'home'... we have seen it in France, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Spain, Sweden... and Norway. Isolation by non-assimilating immigrants to form their own communities inside their host Nations. And then the violence starts.
Posted by ajacksonian | July 20, 2007 9:58 PM
Posted on July 20, 2007 21:58
Assmilation into a country only works if you really feel there's a need to assimilate. There's been a lot of effort put into removing that need, all in the name of political correctness and ethnic sensitivity.
Maybe that effort should be reconsidered.
J.
Posted by JLawson | July 22, 2007 9:00 AM
Posted on July 22, 2007 09:00