The awesomest part about Norwegian taxes is that they don't have to pay for everything because of all the Norwegian North Sea oil. I'm happy for the Norwegians, but this is not apples to apples.
IMHO the comparison is fair. The US is the largest oil producing country in the world. It just happens to also have to import oil because consumption is so high.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Pension_Fund_of_Norw...