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I wouldn't drive a Porsche or Aston Martin in Norway during winter. I'd drive it in Monte Carlo.

Alcohol is probably taxed because during a six month winter with 16 hours of darkness just about anyone and their mothers would develop chronic alcoholism.

Of course a wealth tax brings very little because anyone wealthy enough would move their assets to other countries with lower wealth taxes. Tax the rich is just an excuse to tax everyone else.



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