#billionairs

Let’s be clear about what that meant: the 1950s and 60s were not kind to transgender people. The “standard treatments” were lobotomy, shock therapy and involuntary institutionalization. Police commissioners openly described queer people as “a cancer in the community” and promoted “vigilant detecting.” Violence against us was the norm. 

What is it with it with right-wing billionaires and millionaires who call for pay restraint and cuts to pensions for ordinary working people? Are they afraid we will all become rich like them?  Even stranger, and beyond logical explanation, is the large number of ordinary working people who are prepared to vote for political parties that promote such policies. 

The popular political movement in the UK right now seems to be towards the far right and Reform UK, a party run and owned by billionaires and millionaires, many of whom were previous Conservative Party members – Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, James McMurdock, Lee Anderson, Rupert Lowe, Nick Candy to name but a few.

Of these, Nigel Farage, Richard Tice, Lee Anderson, Robert Lowe, Nick Candy are all millionaires or multi millionaires. Following Richard Tice calling for lower public sector pay awards, Nigel Farage is now calling for lower pensions for public sector workers.

"Public sector pensions are the single biggest ticking bomb in our government finances. It's a massive, massive problem.” (Daily Express: 28/12/24)

Even though we only come 15th out of 30 places for European pension generosity, Nigel Farage describes UK public sector pensions as “gold plated", condemning the difference between public and private sector pension provision as “pensions apartheid”. Why he wants to devalue public sector pensions rather than argue for an increase in private sector pension provision is a question only he and his fellow Reform UK millionaires can answer.

 Nearly 20% of the British workforce is employed in the public sector, so what we do know is that Reform UK is calling for the future impoverishment of over 6 million people. Only a few weeks ago Reform UK MP’s voted AGAINST the withdrawal of the winter fuel payments to pensioners. How you can logically vote for retaining pension payments one minute and then argue for a reduction in pension payments the next makes no sense.

“Nigel Farage demands Labour Stop winter fuel axe and ‘end war on pensioners'"  (Daily Express: 26/09/24)

It is fair?  Well, it’s their money, how they waste spend their money is their business.

The next question is how big of the influence is their bribes donations.  None to little for the most part....no thanks to Obama or the Supreme Court.  The thing about power and infuence is it only matters in a capitalist nation IF the government uses force or threat of force to make you engae in a transaction you would not do of your own free will.  That’s why there was such a backlasth when it came to Obamacare, the government was forcing ou to buy a product from a private company on their terms, and that’s tyranny.

Jeff Bezos has more money that most people in the world, so can he make me buy something or vote in some way?  Nope.  Can he buy up everything around me and pay off my elected officials to pass anything.  Not....likely.  In the United States the politicians can’t just automatically make their decision a law, it has to be passed by legistation first and that House is filled with different minds and different voices who don’t agree with eachother.  Passing laws to make change is really hard, the only thing that House of Cards got really wrong.  It’s probably why Obama went really wild with  Executive Orders, Executive Agreements, Agency Guidance, and Agency Rulemaking (essentially governing without Congress) during his last term believing that Madam anti-Christ will cement his legacy instead of easily rolling back his sand castle.  Whoopsie.