US reports first government surplus since 2005 thanks to massive customs receipts

Imagine the August surplus

>>60614988 (OP)
Brain dead conservatives will see this as a win.

>>60615091

Too true sister all of the (((top economists))) and billionaires are on our side on this one, tariffs don't work and hurt the average American!

>>60614988 (OP)
So the US government collected more taxes. That's it?

>>60614988 (OP)
The government does all their spending at the beginning of the year plus at the start of new quarters. Saged.

>taxes bring revenue
what will ameriburgers reinvent next?

>>60615121
it doesnt matter you stupid faggot, its the largest June since 2005. your cyclicality argument is irrelevant

>>60614988 (OP)
>The Treasury Department noted that the month benefited from calendar adjustments, without which the deficit would have been $70 billion.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/11/treasury-posts-unexpected-surplus-in-june-as-tariff-receipts-surge.html
you need to be legitimately 65 IQ or under to believe this MIGA nigger is reducing the deficit.

>Tariffs work
For whom?

>>60614988 (OP)

>Uhhh no sweaty tariffs are le bad! DRUMPF is le bad! Reddit heckin said so!

Prepare for the TDS trannies of this board to infest your thread with "orange man bad"

>>60615293
Trump is retarded jew lover tho, mr cultist, his only redeeming quality is that he is weakening the US

>>60615293
migaCHOMO raid

>>60615298
yeah but any day now he's going to replace ALL income taxes with tariffs.

>>60615270
generally every day there's new records broken in terms of dollar value. The dollar constantly loses value and therefore anything measured by that standard will always be higher than before. We will always be "richer" than yesterday. We will always have more debt than ever before. It doesn't mean shit.

>>60615317
with third world accounting anything is possible

A 27 billion surplus means we can give 54 billion to our greatest ally Israel. HECKIN BASED AMIRITE?!?!?!?!?

The consoomerism of burgers should be underestimated
Other countries should encourage high tariffs with America because their people's desire for new things will be satiated

>>60615101
Possibly.
And as long as they are not coming from our paychecks as income tax, who cares?

It seems to be a consumption tax, maybe?

If tariffs make prices higher, I don't have to buy those products. Could affect absolute needs, hoping it washes out with income tax cuts.

Lot's of, if this, not that, language surrounding the tax cuts though.

>>60615514
>It seems to be a consumption tax, maybe?
it's a consumption tax on foreign goods
tariffs are also the only form of tax that is partially paid by other countries
the US importer technically pays the whole fee
but the importer also pressures the exporter to lower prices to counter the fee's cost
the foreign nation also inflates their currency to lower the fee in real terms, to preserve manufacturing jobs that would otherwise be lost
Trump called out China's currency manipulation a lot in the 2016 debates, this is what he was referring to

>>60615514
Most retarded opinion of the day award goes to this anon

>>60615545
>the US importer technically pays the whole fee
>but the importer also pressures the exporter to lower prices to counter the fee's cost
nigga you know dam well hes not talking to the exporter and is just raising prices to the consumer(americans)

>>60615293
>Taxation is theft
>Unless it's a regressive tax on consumers
Absolute fucking state

>>60615582
they don't have to talk, supply and demand will find the right price. demand would drop of price goes up and therefore the exporter would sell less. they probably make the same amount regardless so everybody pays more or gets less at some point along the whole chain. you don't need to talk about it. it just happens.

>>60615582
exporters are lowering prices (losing margin) to some extent but you're right that the vast majority of the cost of tariffs are shouldered by the american consumer. of course the average american is literally too retarded to understand this.

>>60615605
>they don't have to talk, supply and demand will find the right price.
mate you dont believe this do you
>>60615606
>>60615606
>average american is literally too retarded to understand this.
they are very ignorant people about everything but entertainment

>The Treasury Department noted that the month benefited from calendar adjustments, without which the deficit would have been $70 billion.

OH NO NO NO

>>60615293
so true sister!

>>60615844
photo aged poorly considering biden's administration destroyed the epstein files kek

Remember that tariffs are regressive taxes

>>60616097
holy cope

Tariffs are TAXES paid by AMERICAN CONSUMERS

>>60616108
oh no bidenchuds

>>60616100
Reminder that you're wrong about almost everything

>>60616128
>he thinks the POTUS goes to a place with his family to fire a person
too dumb to live

>>60616136
youre a nocoiner go back to pol

>>60615645
what is your argument exactly? chinese manufacturers have already started receiving additional subsidies or lowered prices. so have german suppliers for all the importers i work with.

the second effect of these tariffs is the true proprietary, manufacturing, and research costs have been exposed to import customers. so not only are manufacturers lowering prices, importers now know how much they're being gouged by european suppliers.

all this to say, a lot of US manufacturers are still shutting down office because they can't pass on the higher costs. this will be a decade long or longer adjustment and i don't even think the US comes out on top in the end.

>>60616097
If Biden actually destroyed the Epstein files, we'd never hear the end of it from the Trump administration. It's such an easy slam dunk for Republicans that I'm surprised they haven't made that claim yet, even if it's not true. All they had to do was say "we can't release the complete Epstein files because Biden destroyed them" and the MIGA base would instantly believe it, but now it's too late because their attempted bullshit cover-up didn't convince anyone.

>>60614988 (OP)
US has a big market of people with credit cards, whether the people living in the US can afford to pay off those cards or not.

This consumer list is the list all the dropshippers want to slip their tips into.
Anti-Trump haters don't get that. They don't get economics in general.
They should all move to /pol/ to whine about anything else.
We're discussing economics here.

>Anyone using home equity loans to buy rims for their Escalades yet?
Can't, the interest rates still high af but let's see what happens.

I can't decide if I'll buy a boat or a Corvette.

>>60615575
kek I thought that was MeatCanyon at first. That's funny, it's JD Vance. The left made a meme! But don't worry, /biz/ janitors only ban conservatives for talking /pol/ here. right on sista

>>60615514
This Anon is absolutely correct. In an econ perspective, government money is like Vaseline on your hand when you're about to fap. Too little might mean you need to look at some weird choking stuff. Too much gets everywhere. Just the right amount means you can quickly finish the job only imagining your Christian tradwife in her bikini even though she's probably been dead for years since she left with Tyrone to go shopping. That gives you more free time to browse /biz/ and learn.

>cut spending
>increase revenues
>number go up

>>60616097
nah pam bondi said she had them on her desk and donnie promised to release them kek

stop playing retard

this is all on-paper shit that has no impact in reality. you are just paying it with inflation. still nobody building shit in the us.

>>60616156
>>60616108
How gullible are (You)?

The US only makes up 27% of the global economy, He just increased prices for all americans while making it more expensive for american exporters once the other countries counter tariffs are passed into law (EU is already voting on it). Exports will collapse.

>>60614988 (OP)
>>60615091
Can anyone explain this like I'm a small child?

Is the USD not a melting ice cube after all?

>>60615293
cultist retards are just as annoying as troons faggot. Go worship your piss stained politcian somewhere else

>>60615298
> he is weakening the US
the only honest russian/iranian on 4chan

>>60617264
"The European Union will allow complete, open market access to the United States, with no tariff being charged to us, in an attempt to reduce the large trade deficit," he wrote.

Ms von der Leyen said the 30% tariffs "would disrupt essential transatlantic supply chains, to the detriment of businesses, consumers and patients on both sides of the Atlantic."

She also said while the EU will continue to work towards a trade agreement, it "will take all necessary steps to safeguard EU interests, including the adoption of proportionate countermeasures if required."

Trumps trying to pull out all the stops for his boss Putin and start a trade war with Europe. Every single diplomatic and economic act by tTrump makes perfect sense when you realis ehe really is a Rusisan stooge surrounded by Russian agents like the fox news circle (Tucker Clarleson, Pete Hegseth), Marjourie Taylor Green,Tulsi Gabbard, Sebastian Gorka etc

>>60615317
>$27b surplus
>$84b net interest payments
In my house, that $27b would still be called a deficit.

Awsome!

When do the checks go out?

>>60617704
pay your fucking fair share of NATO pierre

Stop asking for handouts

>reverse mortgage on your house equity at assraping interest rate
>start fights with all your friends
>scream at everyone that you're suffering more than anyone has ever suffered and need all the money right now
>sell off most of your possessions at rock bottom prices
>lie and sperg out constantly, abuse your family in public
>holy shit look at what a financial genius I am, this is completely sustainable

>>60614988 (OP)
If it's passed on to the consumers, wouldn't it hit the rich the most if they're spending millions on cars and yachts while others are barely able to afford food?

>>60614988 (OP)
retard tax for buying foreign shit, i love it! USA USA

>>60615091
>>60615096
Weird how so many other countries are putting retaliatory tariffs in place, yet very say that's a tax on their own citizens.

>>60617704
I'm sure upon hearing this, Trump will gracefully limit his blanket tariffs to 25%. That's what reciprocity means, after all. You lower all your trade barriers entirely while we keep ours ass-high.

>>60614988 (OP)
>why does nothing ever change?
>Trump shakes the antfarm
>but but not like that

The absolute state.

You people are so desperate to pretend anything good is happening

>>60615514
>as long as they are not coming from our paychecks
>If tariffs make prices higher, I don't have to buy those products
lmao @ amerimutts

>>60617726
Just as soon as the banks in Tel Aviv opens!

>>60616173
It gets even better, now he's saying the exact opposite, that the entire thing was fabricated by Democrats. That whole thing about child trafficking among the elites that Trump was going to blow wide open, the entire basis of the QAnon movement? Apparently it never happened and Trump REALLY doesn't want people talking about it. Leave the past in the past, except for the 2020 election. We're going to find those fake electo- I mean... proof of voter fraud this time, guys!
>>60617726
Sorry, already spent it on more weapons for Israel.
>>60617825
It's not just how much you spend, it's how much you earn. Even though the rich pay more in tariff costs passed onto them, it's not as big of a percentage of their overall income when compared to poorer people. The less money you earn, the larger percentage of your income you're spending on that prince increase. That's why it's considered a regressive tax.

>>60614988 (OP)
>With government red ink swelling throughout the year, last month saw a surplus of just over $27 billion, following a $316 billion deficit in May.
>That brought the fiscal year-to-date deficit to $1.34 trillion, up 5% from a year ago.
lol

>>60618350
kek

>>60618350
This is unironically bullish for TSLA. So many of his supporters are all in on the Epstein conspiracy, they're going to question this and the narrative he spun about Elon's opposition to BBB.
Unless this is all a ruse and he's getting the dems to hang themselves by pushing for a full release of the files. I can't tell which outcome is more entertaining, but I'm here for it.