A Pittance for the Aged: The Bourgeoisie’s Hollow Charity

Comrades! Let us cast our gaze upon the latest proclamations from the halls of financial academia. One Igor Balynin, a docent of public finances, informs us that in September of the year 2026, a select few among the Russian populace shall see their pensions augmented.

Who are these fortunate souls? Those who have endured eight decades of life's hardships—reaching the age of eighty in August—and those unfortunate laborers whom the cruelty of circumstance has left with a first-degree disability.

Behold the 'generosity' of the state! They promise a doubling of the fixed payment to the insurance pension, alongside a caregiver's allowance. Let us examine the cold, hard figures of this exploitation: the fixed payment stands at 9,584.69 rubles, while the allowance for care is a mere 1,413.86 rubles.

And mark the cynicism of the bureaucracy! Should a worker be so wretched as to fall into both categories, the state—ever mindful of its gold—grants the increase based on only one ground. The monopoly of power refuses to let a single kopek more slip through its fingers than is absolutely necessary to prevent a riot.

We are further told that the average pension for those still forced to toil while aged has risen by 2,600 rubles over the year. Do not be deceived by these crumbs! This is but a veil to hide the enduring yoke of the rentier class. While the bourgeoisie grows fat on the surplus value of our labor, the proletariat is offered a few coins more to sustain a miserable existence in their winter years.

Such is the nature of capital: it gives with one hand while the other tightens the noose of economic servitude!