George Will
George Will
George Frederick Willis an American newspaper columnist and political commentator. He is a Pulitzer Prize–winner known for his conservative commentary on politics. In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth4 May 1941
exercise cutting economics
Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.
believe rich taxpayers
Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.
should states whole-life
A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
mistake government banking
If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.
people investing saving
Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure.
world way wealth
You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.
cutting political pace
Our first benchmark is to cut the deficit more quickly to safeguard Britain’s credit rating. I know that we are taking a political gamble to set this up as a measure of success. Protecting the credit rating will not be easy The pace of fiscal consolidation will be co-ordinated with monetary policy. And we will protect Britain's credit rating and international reputation.
problem economy social
Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.
jobs government trying
There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain - and we have to stop them. At stake are not pay packages for a few but jobs and prosperity for the many. Everything in politics encourages more red tape - everyone insists government must step in - 'something must be done' is always the cry. We have to resist these pressures.
life people parent
It is not fair that people who are born in the UK to parents who are domiciled here, can later in life claim to be non-doms and live here, it is not fair that non-doms with residential property here in the UK can put it in an offshore company and avoid inheritance tax.
thinking bail needs
We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too big to bail.
political-will order law
No other chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince people he has the political will to implement his own Budget.
party writing california
I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.
taken people action
I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.