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This distress signal is rising within the housing market - MarketWatch

Among people in all income groups who are more than 90 days late on their mortgage, borrowers in the lowest-income ZIP codes saw delinquency rates jump from about 0.5% in 2021 to 3% by late 2025 stocks.apple.com/ALheE8ezARPG...
Mortgage delinquency rates for people in America’s lowest-income areas haven’t been this high since 2016 — MarketWatch
Delinquencies are up in areas where unemployment rates are rising and home prices are falling
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February 10, 2026 at 11:04 PM
debamcc.bsky.social
"Tesla’s profits are significantly down in early 2026, with annual net income dropping 46% to $3.8 billion, marking the lowest level since the pandemic and a second consecutive year of sharp declines."

Good News!
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
rebeccabexchapman.bsky.social
'This is a motion born out of frustration'

Chris Blunt presents Chester Diocesan #Synod Motion on Lowest Income Communities Funding

#GeneralSynod
February 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
crankypacifist.bsky.social
This is some dreamy shit, y'all. Imagine, universal healthcare. Guaranteed housing, and basic income. Debt-free higher education, to any level. Mental illness and addiction treated with compassion instead of criminalized. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. No billionaires!
jennabeet.bsky.social Jenna Beet @jennabeet.bsky.social · 10h
Unable to sleep, I let my mind wander to some big What Ifs: if the 80's had been a time of great social upheaval, establishing universal health & child care, and basic income for everyone. Strong antitrust & caps on the % a boss could make than their lowest paid staff. Minimum wage tied to inflation
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
jennabeet.bsky.social
Unable to sleep, I let my mind wander to some big What Ifs: if the 80's had been a time of great social upheaval, establishing universal health & child care, and basic income for everyone. Strong antitrust & caps on the % a boss could make than their lowest paid staff. Minimum wage tied to inflation
February 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
grunionshaftoe.bsky.social
In a sane world, these warehouses would contain a strategic reserve of the 100 most common staples in the country, being bought in bulk and distributed to grocery stores in the lowest 50% of markets by income.

Instead they will be extralegal torture prisons

Concentration camps.

For over a million
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.

If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:20 AM
resolutionfoundation.org
Unsung Britain has faced crushing costs in recent years.

Explore our findings today, to learn how the living standards slowdown precedes the cost of living crisis ⤵️ buff.ly/7WcqrbQ
Everyone’s used to prices going up a bit, but they’re not used to prices going up and the quantity getting reduced as well. Between December 2019 and September 2025, annualised inflation experienced by the poorest families ran at a rate that was 0.7 percentage points faster than for the richest families. The cumulative effect of this has been to drag down incomes for the very lowest income relative to those at the top by more than 3 per cent.
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
resolutionfoundation.org
Living standards in Unsung Britain have barely moved for 20 years. If progress continues at its current crawl, it would take over 130 years for incomes to double – compared to just 40 years before 2004-05.

📉 The lowest incomes have actually fallen by 3% since 2004-05.
Change over time in real disposable income at various points along the distribution, against 2004-05 baseline
February 10, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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The benefits given to the wealthy & businesses will eventually "trickle down" to the rest of the population, leading to overall economic growth. Who still believes that favouring higher income earners, that their increased wealth will foster investments that […]

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The wealthiest U.S. corporations are paying their lowest tax rates in years. META 3.6% Alphabet 8% TESLA 0% AMAZON 1.4% These corporations collectively avoided $51 billion in federal income tax in 2025.
February 10, 2026 at 4:23 AM
migsjalv.bsky.social
The benefits given to the wealthy & businesses will eventually "trickle down" to the rest of the population, leading to overall economic growth. Who still believes that favouring higher income earners, that their increased wealth will foster investments that create jobs & generate economic ->
The wealthiest U.S. corporations are paying their lowest tax rates in years. META 3.6% Alphabet 8% TESLA 0% AMAZON 1.4% These corporations collectively avoided $51 billion in federal income tax in 2025.
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 AM
byrneout44.bsky.social
#NoTrILLionaires 💲 #TeslaTakedown FEB 📅
FEB 7
rp Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social
#Taxcuts for giant corporations & super rich
Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else
#Trickle-up economics

#BoycottTesla 🤑 #TaxTheRich 🤑 #BoycottMusk
#FairShare 💰 #WealthTaxNow
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The Wealthiest US Corporations are Paying Their Lowest Tax Rate in Years -2025 Meta [ zuck ] 3.6% - Amazon [ bezos [ 1.4% - Alphabet [ pichai ] 8 % - Tesla [ musk ] 0% These Corporation Collectively Avoided $51 Billion in Federal Tax Income 2025
February 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
mrvisgeography.bsky.social
Despite being a high-income country, the UK now has one of the lowest life expectancies in Western Europe, raising concerns about public health and inequality 📉 A reminder that strong healthcare systems rely on trust, access and prevention 🌍 (/3)
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
epsteinweb.bsky.social
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#epsteinweb #houseoversight026801
Housing reform: 2015 be the year of GSE reform? - After initial movement on bi-partisan legislation last year, this is a dead effort as indicated by Banking Committee member and advocate for GSE reform, Senator Bob Corker (R-TN): “Congress will ignore GSE overhaul for next 16 months.” - Meanwhile, the housing market is moving on a number of fronts (we’ve seen this horror movie before): v Fannie Mae launched their “HomeReady Mortgage” program: You can (again) use the income from non-borrower household members. ¥ Freddie and Fannie are working on a common Securitization Platform. Just for them (for now) but will eventually allow other participants. Question as to whether this is a transition to something new or simply securing the monopoly/duopoly of the GSE’s. Existing Home Sales (in millions) Existing Home Sales : has increased 53.9% e from its lowest level of 5 3.45 million in July 2010. | « — z si Source: Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank Francis J. Kelly Global Public Affairs francis j.kelly@db.com 7 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026801
February 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
savingwalden.bsky.social
Infant mortality reflects development more honestly than income alone.
Kerala's IMR (2023): 5 per 1,000 live births, lowest in India.
Public health voices like Dr. V. Ramankutty link this to women's agency, healthcare access, and long-term public policy. What defines progress?
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
theartgun.bsky.social
Alberta whines the most but Alberta has The lowest income taxes, no pst or hst, yet they have all these problems despite better affordability.

Those solutions don’t work.
February 9, 2026 at 4:59 PM
thelocalgermany.bsky.social
Germany’s marriage rate has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1950. Some commentators argue that one cause could be the country’s tax system – which can leave women facing a 20 percent drop in income when they tie the knot.
Why Germany’s tax system could be putting women off getting married
Germany’s marriage rate has fallen to its lowest level since records began in 1950. Some commentators argue that one cause could be the country’s tax system – which can leave women facing a 20 percent drop in income when they tie the knot.
www.thelocal.de
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
fpri.bsky.social
393.3 billion rubles – the amount of oil- and gas-related revenues that the Russian Finance Ministry reported for January (about half of last January’s income & the lowest nominal monthly figure since 2020).
February 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
epsteinweb.bsky.social
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#epsteinweb #houseoversight025782
top 1% of earners that would limit the after-tax incomes relative to median household income (61). Warren Buffett, the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, who consistently ranks among the world's wealthiest people, has long argued along similar lines. He claimed that his 2010 federal tax bill--income taxes and payroll taxes--amounted to 17.4% of his taxable income (62). That, he wrote, was the lowest percentage of any of the other 20 people in his office, whose tax burdens were between 33% and 41% and averaged 36%. Meanwhile, two Democratic California legislators--Loni Hancock and Mark DeSaulnier--have proposed tying the state's corporate income tax to the ratio of CEO-to-worker pay--a sliding scale in which a company's tax bill could shrink along with the gap in pay between executives and workers. The change would trim a company's tax rate for any corporation in which the chief executive makes less than a hundred times what the median worker earns. Any clear-headed consideration of these options must recognize that heavy taxation--solely to reduce wage inequality--could do more damage than good. While the IMF studies found that some redistribution appears benign, extreme cases may have a direct negative effect on growth. Heavy taxation solely to equalize wages may reduce incentives to work or hire more workers. A number of studies have indicated that losses from redistribution are likely to be minimal when tax rates are low but rise steeply with the tax or subsidy rate (63). IMF authors Ostry, Berg, and Tsangarides note that "redistribution need not be inherently detrimental to growth, to the degree that it involves reducing tax expenditures or loopholes that benefit the rich or as part of broader tax reforms (such as higher inheritance taxes offset by lower taxes on labor income)" (63). Moreover, redistribution can also occur when taxes finance public investment, or spending on health and education disproportionately benefits the poor,
February 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
epsteinweb.bsky.social
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#epsteinweb #houseoversight025770
Economic Research: How Increasing Income Inequality Is Dampening U.S. Economic Growth, And Possible Ways To Change The Tide Chart 2 Shares Of Income, After Tax And Transfers, By Income Group, 1979-2010 1979 ©2007 =2010 60 2 so 3 & Bp 40 = = o @ 2 2 = Ss S 20 a 2 2 10 3 & 0 Lowest quintile Second quintile Third quintile Fourth quintile Highest quintile Source: Congressional Budget Office, "The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes, 2010,"2013. © Standard & Poor's 2014. While the size of transfer payments rose by a small amount from 1979-2010, the distribution of transfers shifted away from households in the lower part of the income scale. The bottom 20% of households received only 36% of transfer payments in 2010, after receiving 54% in 1979 (18). This was largely because of the growth in spending on programs for the elderly (such as Social Security and Medicare), and benefits of these programs aren't limited to low-income households. Benefits for other programs that largely benefit the poor were also reduced (19). In addition, tax expenditures mostly benefit the affluent: Tax credits and tax deductions benefit those more at higher tax rates. Changes in federal government tax policy have also exacerbated income inequality in recent decades (20). According to the CBO, the average rate for each income group in 2012 was below the rate that prevailed for that group in the 1990s and most of the 2000s even with the increases in average federal tax rates in 2010 (21). Indeed, the federal income tax rate for the top income earners fell to 35% in 2012 from 70% in 1979, while the government didn't reduce the payroll tax rate until the temporary Payroll Tax Holiday of 2010 (22). Keep in mind that the payroll tax that funds Social Security is levied on pay below a certain threshold ($117,000 this year). In practice, this means that those earning less than the cap pay a higher rate of Social Security tax than those who earn more than the cap. So, the composition of
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
bearmarketbrief.bsky.social
393.3 billion rubles – the amount of oil- and gas-related revenues that the Russian Finance Ministry reported for January (about half of last January’s income & the lowest nominal monthly figure since 2020)
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
epsteinweb.bsky.social
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cream). Highline products are manufactured in Florida and the company sells direct-to-consumer. According to the company, this provides for competitive pricing relative to their peers (which we would classify as broadly mainstream). While still early days, Highline has an active presence on social media platforms including a loyal group of followers on Instagram, which has resulted in top line momentum to start off the year. Lazarus Naturals. Launched in 2014, Lazarus Naturals is an Oregon-based CBD company, which offers products ranging from tinctures and capsules, to topical oils and balms as well as isolates. Lazarus is value priced across the competitive set with one of the lowest price/mg of CBD relative to the companies that we benchmarked against. The company offers 60% discounts to veterans, individuals on long-term disabilities as well as for low-income households. All sales primarily come from e-commerce and products are shipped to all 50 states across the U.S. Lord Jones. Founded by Robert Rosenheck and Cindy Capobianco, Lord Jones manufactures and distributes super-premium CBD infused products. The company provides a broad array of product offerings, including tinctures, confections, capsules, and skincare, among others. Clearly catered towards the premium-end of the market, Lord Jones has announced several high-profile partnerships over the past couple of years which includes collaborating with Equinox, partnering with luxury hotel group, The Standard, and most recently, being the first CBD brand carried by Sephora Mary’s. Founded in 2013, Mary’s produces and sells cannabis and hemp-derived CBD products across three main segments, which include: e¢ = Mary’s Medicinals. Cannabinoid infused products for relief, available in 11 U.S. states e = Mary’s Nutritionals. Hemp-derived CBD products for health & wellness, sold in retailers and online in the U.S. and international markets COWEN.COM 61 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024877
February 9, 2026 at 12:21 PM
rmcarpiano.medsky.social
Study of Toronto COVID deaths 1 Mar. 2020-30 Jan. 2022: 56.9% of inequalities in deaths btwn lowest & highest income neighborhoods during later waves attributable to differential vaccination coverage. In context of Omicron: lower inc. nhoods had lower hazard of diagnosis & higher hazard of death 🛟😷
Social inequalities in COVID-19 death by area-level income in 11.2 million people in Ontario, Canada: patterns over time and the mediating role of vaccination
Abstract. Knowledge of patterns in COVID-19 deaths by area-level income over time and the mediating role of vaccination in inequality patterns remains limi
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February 9, 2026 at 9:56 AM
countrytaxcalc.bsky.social
Lowest tax states for $100K salary:

1. Wyoming - keep $79,200
2. Texas - keep $78,500
3. Florida - keep $78,500
4. Nevada - keep $78,400
5. Washington - keep $78,300

All zero income tax states.
Property & sales tax vary.

Full rankings: countrytaxcalc.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
coryjean.bsky.social
META 3.6% The wealthiest U.S. corporations are paying their lowest tax rates in years. 2025 TAX RATES ALPHABET 8% TESLA 0% AMAZON 1.4% These corporations collectively avoided $51 billion in federal income tax in 2025. •TEP ITEP.org
February 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
onemorejosh.bsky.social
Cap income and wealth (via taxes and other wage laws) at a relative scale.

Highest paid is 20x the lowest paid

100% tax on wealth over 100x the poverty level, given to those in poverty (which in turn helps to lift them out of it)
February 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM