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Trump's Tariff Revenue is Rolling In
Investopedia ^ | April 27th 2025 | Diccon Hyatt Diccon Hyatt Full Bio Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter

Posted on 04/29/2025 2:35:03 PM PDT by Jacquerie

Tariff revenue spiked in April as President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" import taxes went into effect.

The government collected $15.9 billion in tariff revenue in April so far, compared to $9.6 billion in all of March.

The tariffs were partly devised to raise money to fund the government, but economists warn they could also push up the cost of living.

President Donald Trump's tariffs have become a financial reality at the nation's borders.

Trump's stated goals for his import taxes include raising revenue to fund the government, restoring U.S. manufacturing by protecting it from foreign competition, and pressuring foreign governments to make trade deals favorable to the U.S.

(Excerpt) Read more at investopedia.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: inflation; tariffs

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Winning!

Imagine if we lived in Bammy's fourth term.

1 posted on 04/29/2025 2:35:03 PM PDT by Jacquerie
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To: Jacquerie
“The tariffs were partly devised to raise money to fund the government, but economists warn they could also push up the cost of living” [for people who primarily live off foreign goods, only].
2 posted on 04/29/2025 2:40:42 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

buy American...no tariffs!


3 posted on 04/29/2025 2:43:08 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I am in mid-80's and I am not gonna change my opinions.)
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To: All

The deficit this year will be AT LEAST $1.8T. T as in Trillion, not billion.

Celebrating a few 10s of billions per month is NOTHING. That money will be swallowed effortlessly by about 2 months of interest on the national debt. Then the other 10 months add to the debt.


4 posted on 04/29/2025 2:43:23 PM PDT by Owen
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To: Owen

We need to do something to reduce the national debt. Congress will do nothing.


5 posted on 04/29/2025 2:45:12 PM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: ConservativeMind

That’s basically everybody. Go try to find yourself a television set made in America. Good luck.


6 posted on 04/29/2025 2:46:29 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: Jacquerie

Idiots. Government revenues are dropping, and government spending is up sharply. The Treasury drastically increased their borrowing estimate for the coming quarter because of the incompetent administration’s failed policies on spending and taxes, including the utterly moronic self-destructive tariffs.


7 posted on 04/29/2025 2:47:06 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: Owen
Celebrating a few 10s of billions per month is NOTHING. That money will be swallowed effortlessly by about 2 months of interest on the national debt. Then the other 10 months add to the debt.

Well, I guess we should just do nothing and surrender to the unfair application of Tariffs by our Trading Partners, right?

Or do you have a better idea you can pass along to President Trump?
8 posted on 04/29/2025 2:47:41 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: bigdaddy45

RCA TVs were made in America, back in the 70s.

Nice cabinets, made in Indiana.


9 posted on 04/29/2025 2:48:04 PM PDT by OKSooner (Oh, the mad fools!)
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To: OKSooner
RCA TVs were made in America, back in the 70s. Nice cabinets, made in Indiana.

Back when a color TV cost about 3 months salary and was a significant household expense.

10 posted on 04/29/2025 2:52:56 PM PDT by Drew68 (I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since yesterday. Save some tears for tomorrow.)
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA

We need to do something to reduce the national debt. Congress will do nothing.

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Trump throughout his career made a point of saying “I’m not afraid of debt, because I have assets too.”

He recently talked about US wealth in minerals and land etc.

It’s a nice try, but that fails. Compound interest on the debt will outrun any sales process of those assets — and of course the buyer will be trying to get a good deal and pay lower.

And then the next thing ppl say is . . . just default. Tell China to go hang.

Doesn’t work that way. There is no international bankruptcy court that can expunge debt. And beyond that, only 30% of our debt is held internationally, and China is not the largest holder among that 30%.

So if you try to default, you screw the 70% of that debt held by Americans. They suffer the loss. Of their net worth.

The only thing we will hear from governement about all this is . . . one by one . . . “I told you years ago this was a problem and no one listened to me. Since I knew this and said this, I should be re-elected.” They will have no answer. They will have only campaign strategy.


11 posted on 04/29/2025 2:53:36 PM PDT by Owen
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To: SoConPubbie

Or do you have a better idea

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Nope. I don’t. Neither does anyone else. It is an unsolvable problem. What we should be thinking about is who will have food to eat as the devastation arrives.


12 posted on 04/29/2025 2:55:10 PM PDT by Owen
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To: Jacquerie

Y’all fail to ignore why we have this problem,
Democrats vote.
Until we can fix that, this ship is going down.
I won’t save a single Democrat.


13 posted on 04/29/2025 2:56:56 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: Owen
Nope. I don’t. Neither does anyone else. It is an unsolvable problem. What we should be thinking about is who will have food to eat as the devastation arrives.

So, you are willing to pooh-pooh the positives of President Trump's actions because you feel they are too small, not that they aren't positive, and you have nothing to replace them with.

Pretty much a worthless post by you.
14 posted on 04/29/2025 2:57:44 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: Owen

I have an answer: hold spending constant and wait. Growth in the economy will provide a surplus in less than 5 years.


15 posted on 04/29/2025 3:00:04 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim
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To: OKSooner

Nice cabinets, made in Indiana.


And virtually impossible to steal!


16 posted on 04/29/2025 3:00:23 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: SoConPubbie

He’s always negative.


17 posted on 04/29/2025 3:00:26 PM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: babble-on

Trump hasn’t got the tax cuts through yet which will RAISE revenue.
So much of the spending cuts by DOGE have been held up in the courts. The Dems are benefiting from fraud and illegals which waste a lot of taxpayer dollars. Their media allies are misrepresenting any and all cuts in spending from fraud as substantive cuts to legitimate beneficiaries.
We still have to wait for benefits from reduced regulation and on-shoring manufacturing which should increase economic growth and tax revenue.


18 posted on 04/29/2025 3:02:54 PM PDT by grumpygresh
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To: Jacquerie

Both numbers are pathetically low. I don’t mind if we collect zero tariffs from countries that reciprocally are completely open to American enterprise (including legal rights) with equally zero tariffs. Trump is also correct to factor for currency manipulation.


19 posted on 04/29/2025 3:03:20 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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$15.9 billion in tariff revenue

Sweet! That could fund another fifteen climate justice non-profits for Stacy Abrams!
20 posted on 04/29/2025 3:03:24 PM PDT by nicollo (Trump beat the cheat! )
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