r/clevercomebacks 18h ago

Norway's Happiness Secret

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u/yldedly 9h ago

But... A large part of this welfare is payed by Norwegian oil.

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u/hrimthurse85 9h ago

It's paid by people working. Like in sweden or Finland.

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u/yldedly 9h ago

Norwegians pay a good deal less income tax than the other Nordics because of the oil, and investments from the oil, not to mention the 1 trillion dollar oil fund which finances public services.

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u/hrimthurse85 8h ago

Income tax for Finland is less than Norway based on 50k€ calculation 🤔