Re:Why Norway is a BS argument for higher taxes
by ShorsHammer on Friday June 29, 2018 @05:40AM
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> to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it, and protect it all from bankrupt governments
The author bio could do with some work. Norway owns the biggest sovereign wealth fund in the world, with a population of 5 million.
Sounds good to me.
Sure, the system gives them lots of leisure time to enjoy… but this is not necessarily a choice they make freely, rather the only choice they have.
People don't have any choice about their free time in the Anglo-sphere either. Out of the two options I know which most people would choose.
People who think that ‘we should just be like Norway’ are missing an even greater point: all of this central planning is made possible by huge oil reserves… and for that matter, oil reserves that are DECADES past their peak production.
It seems to me out of all the oil rich countries Norway has managed the in-balance in their economy the best.
Simon Black is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it, and protect it all from bankrupt governments.
Well there you go, conveniently forgetting he didn't make the land, bury create the oil, educate the population ...