It's to avoid the dutch decease, but the "oil fund" revenue is now paying for 20% of the state budget so it's getting close.

The total tax level for Norwegians are only in the middle of the chart when compared to other OECD countries so it is not really that high comparatively.

The main issue with the "wealth tax" is that it is also taxing active capital (company values, stock etc) even if that capital is not making a profit.

On another note, as a Norwegian, I happily pay my taxes even if I am in the top bracket. It is for the most part spent wisely.

The oil money is already about 25% of the national budget, and has recently been flagged by the auditer general as a high risk to our society[1] should stocks fall.

Spending more oil money seems like a bad idea at this point.

[1]: https://www.riksrevisjonen.no/rapporter-mappe/no-2025-2026/r...

How much effort have you put into understanding Norway's economic situation and tax burdens? It might not be that hard to understand at all.

> It's hard to understand why they keep raising taxes.

Because they can do better things with it than buy a second megayacht.

Because if 6 people can vote to take from 4 people, odds are they will.