The biggest single thing that has lifted people out of poverty is free trade. George Osborne More Quotes by George Osborne More Quotes From George Osborne Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed. George Osborne printing-moneylastsgovernment 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 numbersmightpeople 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 meanpeopleyears I very much support financial education in schools. George Osborne financial-educationsupportschool 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 governmenthard-workpeople 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 miserypeoplelooks I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair. George Osborne strongpeoplethinking 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 officecountrythinking Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas. George Osborne cuttingchristmasshould 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 whole-lifestatesshould We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share. George Osborne tax-evasiontargetpay Even a China growing at 7% or indeed less is still adding to the world economy an economy equivalent to the UK or more. George Osborne economygrowingworld Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure. George Osborne investingsavingpeople 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 lawcountrythinking 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 richbalancethinking I think it is absolutely central to our economic plan as a country not only that we put our own house in order but that we better connect ourselves with other parts of the world, particularly the faster growing parts of the world. George Osborne ordercountrythinking 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 benchespartymen If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth. George Osborne spendinggrowthgovernment Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts. George Osborne debtcontributionour-society I think we woefully failed to connect Britain to the growing Chinese economy in the previous decade, and I have sought to remedy that. China is now the sixth biggest trading partner with the UK. We have attracted now the lion's share of Chinese investment that is going into Europe. George Osborne chineseeuropethinking
