From lev.lafayette at isocracy.org Sun Sep 8 12:33:42 2013 From: lev.lafayette at isocracy.org (Lev Lafayette) Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 22:33:42 +1000 Subject: [Land-and-Labor] Pity Norway Message-ID: <6a0fdcf1385c5c720f0e77d1992589d6.squirrel@webmail.isocracy.org> Pity Norway; with a petroleum resource tax at 78 percent of superprofits, their public sector has so much money that it's a problem. "Our biggest challenge is that our oil wealth is so huge we run the risk of wasting it on substandard projects that are not profitable enough." http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-08/norway-has-problem-of-too-much-money-ahead-of-elections/4944326 Take the time to listen to this very interesting interview on why deriving public income from natural resources is much better than taxes on wages and capital. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/making-money-from-mining-norway/3044854 -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GCertPM, MBA mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt For liberty and commonwealth http://isocracy.org