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
jobs real safe-haven
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.
country divine-right world
Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.
thinking balance rich
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.
country thinking law
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.
pay tax-evasion target
We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share.
thinking people support
The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer.
strong thinking people
I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.
people looks misery
Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.
party men benches
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.
christmas cutting should
Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.
printing-money government lasts
Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.
reality
You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific.
successful ideas guy
This idea that you're a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change.
choices-made moments certain
There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.