BluSdUp : while I am all for free healthcare and education don't misrepresent your country to the americans, please. that's intellectually dishonest. you know very well that the cost of living in norway is incredibly high, which prices that are significantly above for many items than in denmark, sweden, germany. it all balances out. the americans here are proclaiming their taxes are lower but in the end they pay just as much, only through different systems and processes. I've lived and worked on both sides of the pond.