October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Middle and low-income earners’ consumer confidence is plummeting, while high earners’ is going up.
Be warned: this spells doom for our consumer spending-driven economy.
Be warned: this spells doom for our consumer spending-driven economy.
www.wsj.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Middle and low-income earners’ consumer confidence is plummeting, while high earners’ is going up.
Be warned: this spells doom for our consumer spending-driven economy.
Be warned: this spells doom for our consumer spending-driven economy.
Elon Musk is now worth $845 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
See the problem here?
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
See the problem here?
March 11, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Elon Musk is now worth $845 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
See the problem here?
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
See the problem here?
Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
April 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
Build a high-income/high-price electric vehicle in which the core market is affluent liberals. Then go full Nazi and try to overthrow the government. Solid marketing move.
March 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Build a high-income/high-price electric vehicle in which the core market is affluent liberals. Then go full Nazi and try to overthrow the government. Solid marketing move.
Reminder: Elon Musk is worth nearly $800 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
See the problem here?
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
See the problem here?
April 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Reminder: Elon Musk is worth nearly $800 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
See the problem here?
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
See the problem here?
Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is so wrong!!!!!
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is so wrong!!!!!
April 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Elon Musk is now worth over $800 billion.
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is so wrong!!!!!
Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.
This is so wrong!!!!!
This morning on @cnbc.com, B of A said the “K-shaped” economy is increasingly about not just the split between high and low-income — but high and MIDDLE-income consumers.
February 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
This morning on @cnbc.com, B of A said the “K-shaped” economy is increasingly about not just the split between high and low-income — but high and MIDDLE-income consumers.
Not sure what’s more worrisome: that McDonalds low-income consumer traffic is down double digits — or that high-income consumer traffic is UP double digits.
$MCD
$MCD
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Not sure what’s more worrisome: that McDonalds low-income consumer traffic is down double digits — or that high-income consumer traffic is UP double digits.
$MCD
$MCD
The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi...
Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi...
Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
April 27, 2026 at 10:48 AM
The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country.
www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi...
Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi...
Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
high income taxes and a divisive political environment prevents basketball success? wow, the Knicks really won't ever win a title huh
July 31, 2026 at 2:43 AM
high income taxes and a divisive political environment prevents basketball success? wow, the Knicks really won't ever win a title huh
High-income neighborhoods think that low-income people moving in will lower property values.
Low-income neighborhoods think that high-income people moving in will raise rents.
We have a class segregation consensus.
Low-income neighborhoods think that high-income people moving in will raise rents.
We have a class segregation consensus.
August 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
High-income neighborhoods think that low-income people moving in will lower property values.
Low-income neighborhoods think that high-income people moving in will raise rents.
We have a class segregation consensus.
Low-income neighborhoods think that high-income people moving in will raise rents.
We have a class segregation consensus.
Trump's offer to Canada today
January 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Trump's offer to Canada today
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the so-called 'millionaires tax' into law, enacting a 9.9% income tax on earnings of more than $1 million a year.
Ferguson signs WA high-earners income tax; challenges expected
Ferguson signs WA high-earners income tax; challenges expected
www.seattletimes.com
March 30, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the so-called 'millionaires tax' into law, enacting a 9.9% income tax on earnings of more than $1 million a year.
home price to income ratios are historically high in many places across the country
May 28, 2024 at 1:39 AM
home price to income ratios are historically high in many places across the country
The fixation Democratic politicians have with the idea that ambiently improving the economy is the key to their political success is odd when the strongest Dem voters are high-educated+low-income and the strongest GOP voters are low-education+high-income.
May 18, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The fixation Democratic politicians have with the idea that ambiently improving the economy is the key to their political success is odd when the strongest Dem voters are high-educated+low-income and the strongest GOP voters are low-education+high-income.
“It’s actually people of low education and high income that have moved the furthest right, and people who are of high education but low income who have moved the furthest left.”
This is what an education/partisan shift looks like over the decades. From @andrewvandam.bsky.social's latest piece. X axis = % adults with college degrees; y axis = % GOP vote share. Dots represent each individual state.
Read more here: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Read more here: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
November 25, 2024 at 2:13 PM
“It’s actually people of low education and high income that have moved the furthest right, and people who are of high education but low income who have moved the furthest left.”
Any particular “high income country” you can think of, @cnn.com ?
International leaders and philanthropists, including Bill Gates, announced $1.9 billion in funding to advance polio eradication, but a large funding gap remains after high-income countries’ reductions in foreign aid. https://cnn.it/48BfHpK
December 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Any particular “high income country” you can think of, @cnn.com ?
Those post-Covid wage growth trends for high-income vs. low-income Americans has completely flipped.
(via B of A) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social
(via B of A) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Those post-Covid wage growth trends for high-income vs. low-income Americans has completely flipped.
(via B of A) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social
(via B of A) @mikezaccardi.bsky.social
We are headed for an era of "universal high income," as contrasted with "universal basic income" Musk says.
Dang, who could be against that?
Dang, who could be against that?
January 28, 2026 at 10:37 PM
We are headed for an era of "universal high income," as contrasted with "universal basic income" Musk says.
Dang, who could be against that?
Dang, who could be against that?
Super interesting deep dive into US excess mortality. We're doing better than we were in 1980 but a *lot* worse than every other high-income country.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
August 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Super interesting deep dive into US excess mortality. We're doing better than we were in 1980 but a *lot* worse than every other high-income country.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
But we didn't have economic stagnation for the working class. We had a period of unusually *high* wage growth for low income workers.
February 15, 2026 at 8:38 PM
But we didn't have economic stagnation for the working class. We had a period of unusually *high* wage growth for low income workers.
Internet is a basic need. Proud to announce that we are expanding NYC’s Neighborhood Internet Program, which provides free, high-speed broadband to New Yorkers living in affordable housing. Now an additional 2,000 NYC households will gain access to high-speed broadband across the Bronx.
EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Mamdani and Rep. Ritchie Torres announce $2M to expand high-speed internet in The Bronx and Upper Manhattan – Bronx Times
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres announced a $2 million federal investment to expand free high-speed internet access for low-income New
www.bxtimes.com
May 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Internet is a basic need. Proud to announce that we are expanding NYC’s Neighborhood Internet Program, which provides free, high-speed broadband to New Yorkers living in affordable housing. Now an additional 2,000 NYC households will gain access to high-speed broadband across the Bronx.
💔 The disparity in #ChildhoodCancer cure rates is staggering:
📈 More than 80% cure rate in high-income countries
📉 Less than 30% in most low- & middle-income countries.
Ensuring equal access to care is the key to saving lives
👉 bit.ly/4hPDeWN
📈 More than 80% cure rate in high-income countries
📉 Less than 30% in most low- & middle-income countries.
Ensuring equal access to care is the key to saving lives
👉 bit.ly/4hPDeWN
February 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
💔 The disparity in #ChildhoodCancer cure rates is staggering:
📈 More than 80% cure rate in high-income countries
📉 Less than 30% in most low- & middle-income countries.
Ensuring equal access to care is the key to saving lives
👉 bit.ly/4hPDeWN
📈 More than 80% cure rate in high-income countries
📉 Less than 30% in most low- & middle-income countries.
Ensuring equal access to care is the key to saving lives
👉 bit.ly/4hPDeWN