Why would Norway "experiment" with higher taxes to suit you when they get what they want from their current level of taxation of 40%? Norwegians are the happiest people in the world! They are followed by Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, Finland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Sweden. The U.S., with all of its "freedom", "patriotism", and "independence", doesn't break the top 10. We fight tooth and nail to reduce our tax burden and protect our capitalistic persona, all the while falling further behind in education, life expectancy, infant survival rates, and surpassing the happy countries in ignorance, racism, misogyny, and so on. We elect self-centered imbeciles who work against our best interest and for the oil companies (state senators) and the defense industry (federal politicians). They pit us against each other to stay in power. Moronic.