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[Banks] have a clear obligation to help get this country off its addiction to debt because they sure as hell helped to get this country addicted to debt.

George Osborne

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George Osborne
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 23
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George Gideon Oliver Osborne
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We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.
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I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.
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