Unfortunately (as a Norwegian), that is never going to happen. Norway's is a success story, but there is a darker side to the oil fund. This money will be spent

Unfortunately (as a Norwegian), that is never going to happen. Norway's is a success story, but there is a darker side to the oil fund. This money will be spent on something. Our public sector has a tendency to grow without questioning from any political group, such that the total tax level stays the same, regardless of any incomes from the oil fund. Currently, 1/3 of working-age Norwegians work in the public sector. 1/3 works in the private sector, and the final third are either unemployed or qualify for government benefits. (Meaning: Retired, long-term disabled, in full-time parental leave and so on). That this seems sustainable at all is very strange. We might as well go straight to a large-scale basic income experiment, because we almost have a basic income system in place already. In my opinion, this would be a more honest way of providing government benefits than the system we already have. Currently, 3-4% of the oil fund is liquidated each year to pay for the deficit in the national budget, while total taxation has in fact _increased_ under the current Right government. To my eyes, Norway has an exotic form of Dutch Disease in the form of our government spending, which is prevented from becoming a catastrophe by the oil fund. It will be interesting to see what the future brings, but it's not all roses.