Originally Posted by Excargodog

You have no conception of true poverty.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...RbDwLwcph6zH5f

For that matter, the Norwegians had $5 a gallon gas back in the 1980s WHILE PUMPING FROM THE NORTH SEA AND SELLING IT. Along with a 115% tax on new cars with internal combustion engines and a 25% rate in EVs.

Which is how a country with less than 6 million people got themselves a $2 TRILLION sovereign wealth fund, increasing by about a quarter TRILLION each year.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/27/norw...alth-fund.html