Media’s “Fairness” to Trump: A Threat to the Republic
Federal revenue in recent years has been around $4.7 trillion, with customs fees typically accounting for only about 2% of that total. Even if tariff revenue were to double or even double again, it would still represent a small fraction of the overall federal revenue. The majority of federal revenue comes from personal income tax (about half) and payroll taxes (about a third), dwarfing the impact of tariff revenue. The lack of these crucial figures in the original article obscures the true scale of the revenue sources.
John Q. Hosedrinker