Grimhorn

It’s been 10+ years since I lived in Norway but the tax on cars was something like 170%. If you got an EV, the tax was much less and for awhile in Oslo at least, you could use the HOV lane if you had an EV for free (but that’s gone now.)

Ukraine needs to start blowing up the gas pipelines crossing their country... Germany won't help because they want their gas? Cut it off and remove gas from the equation... Want to get warm again, help stop the invasion...

Audio missing at first: LINK Greg Kelly rips Chrissy Wallace...

Agreed other than all the Megan/Harry stories that are a waste of space...

I lived in CPH for 3 years and was paying the top rate of 56% but had some discounts given to some specialized expats. (And related to this topic, my best friend while I was there was the Director of McDonalds for all of Scandinavia...)

It is a great place to raise young kids and for the most part is very safe. Would I ever want to live there again? Absolutely not... It's expensive as hell - my income tax would have been 56% but because of a waiver, I "only" paid 47% income tax. Then add 25% VAT on everything, cars have over 100% tax on the value ($65K for an Opel wagon with a stick!) and additional taxes added to everything... We would do a monthly run to buy cases of beer, soda and beef in Germany as the Danish taxes were much higher on these than in Germany... This influences the work practices there - since they are taxed so high on what they make, don't spend a moment working longer than is required... (Fair enough regarding the work/life balance)

This is the basic mindset of those living in the Scandinavian countries called the the "Law of Jante":

You're not to think you are anything special.
You're not to think you are as good as we are.
You're not to think you are smarter than we are.
You're not to imagine yourself better than we are.
You're not to think you know more than we do.
You're not to think you are more important than we are.
You're not to think you are good at anything.
You're not to laugh at us.
You're not to think anyone cares about you.
You're not to think you can teach us anything.

It's a totally socialist society - if you think your neighbor had a car that is too expensive for what you think they make? Report them to the tax authorities and they will get audited...

The whole system is based on everyone working - a stay-at-home mother is unheard of except in the expat community. Work stops at 4 so you can run to the school to pick up your kid and then rush to the grocery before it closes at 6 to buy food for the evening. (This has since changed and you can shop some stores until 9).

Not to be sexist but women run the country and the men have all been neutered. Don't agree with what a woman says? As a male, if you disagree with the comment or opinion, you get the evil glare of death...

My wife went into our bank to try to have her government child subsidy check - all women regardless of income - get paid around a $800/kid/month until the kid is 18 - into our joint account and the woman banker tried to convince her not to as I might "steal her money".

As for McDonalds, with 2 pre-teens, we would easily drop $65 a visit there for what would cost me $25 for the same food back in the States.

My McD buddy's biggest fight while he was there was all the environmentalists and "naturalists" - fast food bad.... For 2 years they had to fight the government to be able to advertise that they sold 100% pure beef because a mist of beef tallow was sprayed on their patties during the freezing process... Beef misted with beef fat wasn't considered 100% beef... That being said, the McDonalds franchises in Denmark we still some of the highest grossing locations in all of Europe...

Depreciation and amortization of capital assets isn't a subsidy...

May be Photoshopped... See the 8 second mark and a different angle at 28 sec. Looks like incoming...

I still don't know why they aren't using concertina wire...

Harris County dashboard

Harris County peaked 3 weeks ago. Where do they see that there is an uptick in cases???

LINK

Cops pull over a group and things escalate quickly... Action starts around 4:50 on the video...