Additional tax is power, not a partnership

Photo: Paul Amundsen
Photo: Paul Amundsen

21 November 2022 13:09

Additional tax is power, not a partnership

Gunnar S. Eskeland: The oil tax package is the story of a state which, in miserable, nocturnal proceedings on additional taxes, cannot take care of itself, but gives away the people's money to special interests, apparently without getting anything in return.

If we take a step back, we see that additional taxes provide alluring and dangerous room for action in politics, Gunnar S. Eskeland writes.

His feature article Særskatt er makt, ikke et partnerskap (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on 17 November, 2022.