Norwegian Tax Returns made public today

[Chancey Gardener]

What a load of blather! Norway's relationship with the EU is dictated by a reluctance to see their oil wealth leave the country in the form of structural funds to less well off nations. Their oil wealth means they don't need the EU. Their social model exists only because the massive revenue to the state from their oil industry permits it to.

That's a very common misconception. Norway is more worried about the fish than the oil/gas resources. And the idea that Norway is totally outside the EU is not true. Norway adopts an enormous amount of EU directives....via it's relationship with the EEA (with iceland & Switzerland)...so many, in fact that it's practically already a member by proxy.

I always chuckle when I see anti-eu people point to Norway as an example of how "it's okay to stay outside the EU".

The irony.

[Christine Murray]

l wonder what they'd call a general publication (to media) of our country's 2008 tax-take ? :
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091022/...way_money_roll

[Mitsui]

l wonder what they'd call a general publication (to media) of our country's 2008 tax-take ?

How about "Portrait of a Train-Wreck"?

[Christine Murray]

How about "Portrait of a Train-Wreck"?

Most of the crony millionaires aren't resident here, maybe we need two lists.

indeed most of them do not see the benefits of paying taxes to our economy- talk about biting
the hand that feeds.

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/1...ine-in-norway/

[johnfás]

That is ridiculously transparent, I know a few people on it - hilarious.

Nearest we have to it is the publishing of all the CAP payments.

[Christine Murray]

That is ridiculously transparent, I know a few people on it - hilarious.

Nearest we have to it is the publishing of all the CAP payments.

With a list like that we wouldn't need tax-clearance certs

[Interista]

There was a thread on this last week.

[Christine Murray]

ye are right: http://www.politics.ie/current-affai...lic-today.html
I will ask a mod-merge.

[atlantic]

This is dangerous ,and the way the economic situation is now ,kidnapping someone is very real.
It's ,rotten,governmental control, something like this can cause embarrassment for people by nosy neighbours,create class stereotyping.Its disgusting that people allow rotten government elites to put their lives on show for their amusement and the amusement of others.The nanny state gone mad.

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Not a new story but apparently these returns are listed on their tax website today. Seems it lists tax returns for everyone in the country & I was told today lots of people searching co-corkers and neighbours details. Would this work in Ireland? Not sure if I would favour it...

Interesting that Norway PM only earns E125k in a country with very high standard of living. No chance our "PM" would vote for something like this on his salary.


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[Interista]

This is dangerous ,and the way the economic situation is now ,kidnapping someone is very real.

Yeah, because kidnappings of wealthy businessmen are unheard of in Ireland, for example.