George Osborne Quotes

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• Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.

  George Osborne

  Government, Printing Money, Lasts

  "Easy money: George Osborne lets Bank of England print £50billion more cash to stave off recession" by Graham Hiscott, www.mirror.co.uk. February 10, 2012.

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• Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.

  George Osborne

  People, Looks, Misery

  " Osborne has the potential to leave Labour floundering" by Jonathan Freedland, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2008.

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• Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.

  George Osborne

  Christmas, Cutting, Should

  "George Osborne plays down tax cuts but wants to make sacking staff easier" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2011.

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• Britain cannot afford to cut itself off from what is going on in the world, we are too interconnected with what is going on, we have a powerful history and tradition of taking an interest in what is going on in the world, we've also got a very real interest in the future, in remaining connected.

  George Osborne

  Powerful, Real, Cutting

  Source: www.economist.com

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• I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.

  George Osborne

  Strong, Thinking, People

  "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

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• People know that billions of pounds are wasted. Billions of pounds never get near the families that need it. It is an absolute outrage that hard-working people go out to work every day, get up early, come back late, don't see enough of their families in order to pay taxes to fund vast bureaucracies that are inefficient in order to fund a welfare system which allows too many people to sit for the whole of their lives on out-of-work benefits without going out to look for work.

  George Osborne

  Hard Work, Order, Up Early

  Source: blog.moneysavingexpert.com

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• We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share.

  George Osborne

  Target, Pay, Tax Evasion

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• The Foreign Office is a very important arm of the British state and I think Britain has a fantastic diplomatic service. We are the only country in the world spending 2% of our national income on defence and 0.7% of our national income on aid. We are the only country in the world doing both of those things.

  George Osborne

  Country, Thinking, Office

  Source: www.economist.com

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• Let's also teach people about pensions and savings, insurance and the like. But if they aren't already familiar with numbers that won't be as effective as it might be.

  George Osborne

  Numbers, People, Might

  Source: blog.moneysavingexpert.com

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• What makes people angry and we are on the side of hard-working people who want to get on in life and they see how government is wasting their money.

  George Osborne

  Hard Work, Government, People

  Source: blog.moneysavingexpert.com

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• A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.

  George Osborne

  States, Should, Whole Life

  "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

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• We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.

  George Osborne

  Economy, Should

  Source: blog.moneysavingexpert.com

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• I was shocked to see that some of the very wealthiest people in the country have organised their tax affairs, and to be fair it's within the tax laws, so that they were regularly paying virtually no income tax. And I don't think that's right.

  George Osborne

  Country, Thinking, Law

  "George Osborne: I'm going after the wealthy tax dodgers" by Robert Winnett, and James Kirkup, www.telegraph.co.uk. April 9, 2012.

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• Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.

  George Osborne

  Thinking, Balance, Rich

  "George Osborne unveils employee 'shares for rights' scheme" by Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2012.

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• You need to have a state pension that doesn't drag more and more people into means-testing each year and make it very difficult for people on low to medium term incomes to save and not see their savings clawed away.

  George Osborne

  Mean, Years, People

  Source: blog.moneysavingexpert.com

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• I think essentially if you look at British public debate around the issues of our interconnectedness with the global economy you do not find a ready audience, of any large scale, for pulling up the shutters.

  George Osborne

  Thinking, Issues, Looks

  Source: www.economist.com

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• Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.

  George Osborne

  People, Saving, Investing

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• I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.

  George Osborne

  Believe, Commitment, Gay

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• The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855.

  George Osborne

  Party, Men, Benches

  "More Blairite than Tony" by Heather Stewart, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2005.

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• I see no real argument in Britain that is concerned that an Indian company owns our most successful car manufacturer or that the sewer system under London is being renewed in part by Chinese investment. There are the odd voices that express concern but they are very marginal and they are not being listened to by the British people.

  George Osborne

  Real, Successful, Voice

  Source: www.economist.com

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• The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm.

  George Osborne

  Jobs, Real, Safe Haven

  "UK economy: Cameron backs Osborne's upbeat assessment despite weak growth" by Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2011.

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• If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.

  George Osborne

  Government, Growth, Spending

  "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

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• Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.

  George Osborne

  Debt, Our Society, Contribution

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• You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.

  George Osborne

  Debt, Welfare, Britain

  "George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference in full". www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2010.

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• Put on top of that the fact that the whole world is looking at Britain and saying how is this country going to pay its way in the future. They are looking at other countries like Greece who can't pay their way in the future and you see savage spending cuts, big cuts in pay.

  George Osborne

  Country, Cutting, Savages

  Source: blog.moneysavingexpert.com

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