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The general income taxes and stuff don't sound that unreasonable at all, and not really much different from US taxes, especially when you consider all the sweet government stuff you get (although I don't know a ton about US taxes either so someone might correct me).

The merchandise taxes do sound pretty rough (like $4 for every beer is kinda crazy, and the poker stuff is obv bad). anyway, that was an interesting vid. I've been thinking a lot about how much America sucks lately and I'm definitely jealous. Is Norway really as much of a utopia as Michael Moore makes it sound? do people complain about taxes a lot or do they appreciate that the government seems to spend them well?

That prison stuff is just so crazy. Like it just would not work here to give murderers a 24 year "jail" period where they're free to come and go. Your people as a whole must be 10 times more progressive than people here I think.