It comes as no surprise that Virgin boss Richard Branson has decided to abandon the country of his birth at a time when the system that allowed him to accumulate his vast fortune is being dismantled and transformed into a system that vilifies and demonises wealthy entrepreneurs like himself.
Branson, in line with other millionaires and billionaires, has adopted the global 'progressive' agenda of abolishing global inequality and poverty by the redistribution of wealth but in truth what they really mean is the redistribution of other peoples wealth, not their own.
Any study of Branson's methods will reveal that his business acumen was surpassed by his ability to ruthlessly use the media for self publicity. He had the ability to identify himself with the causes adopted by various age groups then milk the publicity for all it's worth. He turned himself into a high profile international celebrity businessman.
The question being asked is, did he really believe in the all the trendy causes that he adopted or were they vehicles he used to publicise his various businesses and make a ton of money?
It comes as no great surprise that Branson claims to be a passionate believer in Man Made Global Warming and he is actively engaged in the trendy 'combating climate change' agenda. At the same time he is polluting the atmosphere with his Virgin Atlantic airline and has a personal carbon footprint the size of a village. This should give an indication to the more gullible members of his fan club of his sincerity.
After making his personal fortune Branson now believes the system is unfair; he is now calling for the government to legislate for equality and fairness, which means redistribution of other peoples wealth through higher taxes and expanded welfare entitlements.
Along with other 'progressive' millionaires, he no doubt believes in de-homogenising the British people though open border mass immigration and multi-culturalism. It's a racing certainty that neither he nor his spawn will suffer the consequences of this disaster. It's his own private Caribbean Island for Sir Richard while his kids will avoid the crime ridden ghettos by buying his Oxford mansion. How his children, who were born in the age of equal opportunity, can afford to buy and run a mansion remains a mystery.
To say that the British people, the working class in particular, have been conned must be the understatement of the century. They keep falling for the spin of people like Branson and the political class, and at great cost to themselves, they keep returning them to power over and over again. Dumbing down the education system was a masterstroke of the 'progressive' elite; it will go down as the most productive policy ever.
As a means of helping the low information voter, the dumbed down school leaver and the tribal voter, here are a few facts to consider that may be of use while trying to form an opinion on people like Sir Richard Branson and the political class.
He is not the only one who advocates one thing for the collective good of the country but who do the exact opposite when it comes to themselves and their families.
Tony Blair, the leader of the working man's Labour Party and the "straight kinda guy" who claims that he "came to socialism via Marxism" is now a multi-millionaire who makes his fortune by using connections he made while in office. He has no qualifications to speak of and he is probably having a good laugh as he watches the British people suffer the consequences of his disastrous tenure in office.
In the age of fairness and equality of opportunity for everyone, Blair's kids are doing very well thanks to the masses. They've been given houses in up market areas of the country that ordinary kids can only dream about; and it is rumoured that young Euan is being groomed to follow his father's footsteps into Parliament. They will need a safe seat to parachute him into and most likely the dumbed down electorate will ignore the appalling record of his father and mindlessly elect him.
Then there is the current leader of the working man's party, Red Ed Miliband and his brother David. Born and bred devotees of Karl Marx, these two millionaires have never had a job that anyone would describe as work. They are career politicians who are both reputed to be millionaires in their own right. These two and their offspring will not suffer the consequences of the 'progressive' agenda they want impose on everyone else.
The previous leader of the working man's party and his venal wife are known as the first family of troughers, they truly are one of the most odious couples ever to pollute the air at Westminster.
Socialist hardliners, Lord Neil and Baroness Glenys Kinnock, have used political patronage and European Union corruption to amass a personal fortune which was mostly financed by the taxpayer. Their former constituents have been cast aside having fulfilled their usefulness as both of these shysters sit in the House of Lords. This is the institution they despised and swore they would never patronize. By strange coincidence, wherever Neil and Glenys went the kids seemed to appear shortly after.
Like the Branson, Blair and Miliband children, the Kinnock children will not be sharing the fate of the average British youngster. They are the new elite, the one percent that their parents claimed to oppose.
Multi-millionaire 'progressives' who preach one thing but practice another are two a penny but no article about 'progressive hypocrisy can fail to mention ex-communist Peter, now Lord, Mandelson. This is another odious creature who, along with others, was largely responsible for dragging British politics and public life into the sewer from which it is yet to emerge.
Being a rider on the other bus, it's unlikely that multi-millionaire Mandelson will be having kids as nature intended, so it is most likely that Renaldo will take his millions and jump ship back to Brazil should the good Lord pop his clogs.
It may seem odd that ordinary, working class people, myself included, defend the system that allowed people like Richard Branson to accumulate vast fortunes, while at the same time he is using his wealth and power to destroy it.
This is justified by the fact that the free enterprise system involves personal liberty and freedom from overbearing government interference; the post democratic communist/socialist/progressive system that he is now advocating does not.
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Friday, February 22, 2013
Richard Branson To Give Away His Fortune. No Word Yet From Tony Blair
Like him or loath him, one has to admire Richard Branson for the way he has used his entrepreneurial and self promotional skills to amass a personal fortune that the rest of us can only dream about.
From an inauspicious start with Virgin Records, he has created one of the world's most recognisable brands along with Microsoft, Coca Cola, McDonald's and Disney. In the process he has directly created hundreds of thousands of jobs and indirectly possibly millions.
I am sure it wasn't easy, and I for one don't begrudge him a single penny. What I do envy is a billionaire's independence from government. After paying all the taxes he his legally required to pay, he can do what he likes with his money and the politicians can go jump in the nearest lake.
Having such enormous wealth allows an immediate relief from the usual day to day tribulations of life in the west, such as mortgages, household bills, raising children, etc. but it also allows a person to get in touch with their philanthropic side.
Richard Branson has joined his fellow billionaires Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Ted Turner and many others by signing the 'Giving Pledge' whereby they promise to donate a proportion of their wealth to charity.
I have taken Bill Gates to task in a previous post over his breathtaking hypocrisy concerning his attitude to capitalism, the system that allowed him to get rich, and his support for socialist Barack Obama.
This is the President who continually demonises the 'rich' and who, if he had his way, would happily tax Bill Gates and his mates out of existence.
It is my contention that if Gates and the rest of the billionaires openly campaign for a socialist then they should put their money where their mouths are and give their fortunes to the government, after all the government know best how to spend everyone else's money.
Having made that point it has to be accepted that, unlike the rest of us little people, they are not going to hand their money over to the socialists so they should be commended at least for their pledge to give it away to the good causes that they deem most appropriate.
Although he is not a billionaire I would have thought that multi-millionaire Tony Blair, a man of deep conviction and concern for the poor and downtrodden, would do the same with his millions and sign the pledge to give it away.
One would think that a man who has spent his entire life advocating social justice, equality and fairness by the redistribution of wealth would be only too happy to set an example and start the ball rolling by redistributing his own.
Tony Blair could at least make a gesture by returning the $134,000 he is given to finance his private office, on top of his $108,800 pension, back to the hard pressed taxpayer.
There is the possibility that Tony Blair was not sincere when he made is maiden speech in the House of Commons on first becoming an MP:
"I am a socialist, not through reading a text book that has caught my intellectual fancy, nor through unthinking tradition, but because I believe that, at its best, socialism corresponds most closely to an existence that is most rational and moral. It stands for co-operation, not confrontation, for fellowship, not fear. It stands for equality".
It is in the public domain that Richard Branson, Bill Gates and the rest of them made their fortunes by using their talents and skills to innovate and build businesses often from nothing.
It is less clear however, how a career politician like Tony Blair, who's only talent was dissembling, lying and media manipulation could end up such a wealthy individual.
Blair who began his political career by writing a letter to that other socialist icon and reprobate Michael Foot, claiming that he "came to socialism through Marx" now owns 8 houses and has amassed a fortune reputed to be anywhere between $16 and $96 million.
Reports indicate that Blair and his venal wife Cherie have been cashing in on the contacts that he made while in office but surely this would go against their deeply held religious beliefs. They have met the Pope, after all.
Tony Blair refuses to abide by the openness and transparency in his business dealings that his government expected of us, the little people.
The web of companies he utilises to cloak his dealings would put Bernie Madoff to shame but, I suppose, when all is said and done he is a politician so sadly, different rules apply.
The truth is that socialist politicians are venal hypocrites of the very highest order when it comes to practicing themselves what they preach to others.
The list of talentless wealthy individuals that have infested Parliament, and still do for that matter, who preached socialism, equality and the redistribution of wealth but practice something different is a wonder to behold:
Socialist/Marxist Phony Tony Blair
ex Communist Peter, now Lord, Mandelson
Son of the Manse Gordon Brown, of moral compass fame
Red Ed Miliband and brother David of the infamous North London Marxist 'intellectual' circle.
Patricia Hodge, tax finder general who hides her own taxes through her company Stemcor.
Geoffrey Robinson, money lender to the dodgy Mandelson.
Nick Clegg and Senora Gonzales, loaded with Euro millions.
Anthony Wedgewood Benn and son Hillary, prolitarianised aristocrat.
David Laws, multi millionaire expense cheat who also cheated the law.
Chris Huhne, property magnate who advocates a mansion tax and windmills.
etc, etc. etc.
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Eastleigh Byelection Update:
There is still a week to go for the voters of Eastleigh to wake up and come to their senses.
It remains a mystery why they are still supporting the Lib Dems despite the information that shows them up to be the a party of liars, disseminaters and criminals who will sell them out to their European Union masters in a heartbeat.
It now transpires that their policy guru and one time fund raiser Lord Rennard is standing down to fight charges of being a sexual predator.
I don't want to pre-judge the issue but his party has serious form in the area of sexual shenanigans.
The latest odds are truly depressing:
Lib Dems - 1/4 on
Conservatives - 9/2 from 4/1
UKIP - 10/1 from 12/1
Labour 50/1 from 40/1
It would appear that UKIP are taking support from Labour. Good!
From an inauspicious start with Virgin Records, he has created one of the world's most recognisable brands along with Microsoft, Coca Cola, McDonald's and Disney. In the process he has directly created hundreds of thousands of jobs and indirectly possibly millions.
I am sure it wasn't easy, and I for one don't begrudge him a single penny. What I do envy is a billionaire's independence from government. After paying all the taxes he his legally required to pay, he can do what he likes with his money and the politicians can go jump in the nearest lake.
Having such enormous wealth allows an immediate relief from the usual day to day tribulations of life in the west, such as mortgages, household bills, raising children, etc. but it also allows a person to get in touch with their philanthropic side.
Richard Branson has joined his fellow billionaires Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Ted Turner and many others by signing the 'Giving Pledge' whereby they promise to donate a proportion of their wealth to charity.
I have taken Bill Gates to task in a previous post over his breathtaking hypocrisy concerning his attitude to capitalism, the system that allowed him to get rich, and his support for socialist Barack Obama.
This is the President who continually demonises the 'rich' and who, if he had his way, would happily tax Bill Gates and his mates out of existence.
It is my contention that if Gates and the rest of the billionaires openly campaign for a socialist then they should put their money where their mouths are and give their fortunes to the government, after all the government know best how to spend everyone else's money.
Having made that point it has to be accepted that, unlike the rest of us little people, they are not going to hand their money over to the socialists so they should be commended at least for their pledge to give it away to the good causes that they deem most appropriate.
Although he is not a billionaire I would have thought that multi-millionaire Tony Blair, a man of deep conviction and concern for the poor and downtrodden, would do the same with his millions and sign the pledge to give it away.
One would think that a man who has spent his entire life advocating social justice, equality and fairness by the redistribution of wealth would be only too happy to set an example and start the ball rolling by redistributing his own.
Tony Blair could at least make a gesture by returning the $134,000 he is given to finance his private office, on top of his $108,800 pension, back to the hard pressed taxpayer.
There is the possibility that Tony Blair was not sincere when he made is maiden speech in the House of Commons on first becoming an MP:
"I am a socialist, not through reading a text book that has caught my intellectual fancy, nor through unthinking tradition, but because I believe that, at its best, socialism corresponds most closely to an existence that is most rational and moral. It stands for co-operation, not confrontation, for fellowship, not fear. It stands for equality".
It is in the public domain that Richard Branson, Bill Gates and the rest of them made their fortunes by using their talents and skills to innovate and build businesses often from nothing.
It is less clear however, how a career politician like Tony Blair, who's only talent was dissembling, lying and media manipulation could end up such a wealthy individual.
Blair who began his political career by writing a letter to that other socialist icon and reprobate Michael Foot, claiming that he "came to socialism through Marx" now owns 8 houses and has amassed a fortune reputed to be anywhere between $16 and $96 million.
Reports indicate that Blair and his venal wife Cherie have been cashing in on the contacts that he made while in office but surely this would go against their deeply held religious beliefs. They have met the Pope, after all.
Tony Blair refuses to abide by the openness and transparency in his business dealings that his government expected of us, the little people.
The web of companies he utilises to cloak his dealings would put Bernie Madoff to shame but, I suppose, when all is said and done he is a politician so sadly, different rules apply.
The truth is that socialist politicians are venal hypocrites of the very highest order when it comes to practicing themselves what they preach to others.
The list of talentless wealthy individuals that have infested Parliament, and still do for that matter, who preached socialism, equality and the redistribution of wealth but practice something different is a wonder to behold:
Socialist/Marxist Phony Tony Blair
ex Communist Peter, now Lord, Mandelson
Son of the Manse Gordon Brown, of moral compass fame
Red Ed Miliband and brother David of the infamous North London Marxist 'intellectual' circle.
Patricia Hodge, tax finder general who hides her own taxes through her company Stemcor.
Geoffrey Robinson, money lender to the dodgy Mandelson.
Nick Clegg and Senora Gonzales, loaded with Euro millions.
Anthony Wedgewood Benn and son Hillary, prolitarianised aristocrat.
David Laws, multi millionaire expense cheat who also cheated the law.
Chris Huhne, property magnate who advocates a mansion tax and windmills.
etc, etc. etc.
---------------------------------------------------------
Eastleigh Byelection Update:
There is still a week to go for the voters of Eastleigh to wake up and come to their senses.
It remains a mystery why they are still supporting the Lib Dems despite the information that shows them up to be the a party of liars, disseminaters and criminals who will sell them out to their European Union masters in a heartbeat.
It now transpires that their policy guru and one time fund raiser Lord Rennard is standing down to fight charges of being a sexual predator.
I don't want to pre-judge the issue but his party has serious form in the area of sexual shenanigans.
The latest odds are truly depressing:
Lib Dems - 1/4 on
Conservatives - 9/2 from 4/1
UKIP - 10/1 from 12/1
Labour 50/1 from 40/1
It would appear that UKIP are taking support from Labour. Good!
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