Transcript of a short FFLTV monologue (Ryan Daniel Moran) centered on paying a large estimated tax payment ($340,000). Moran argues that individuals spending or investing their earnings (e.g., hiring, bonuses, marketing) is preferable to handing large sums to the federal government; he frames his view as non-partisan, limited-government (supporting military/strong borders but minimizing taxation), and includes a brief on-screen exchange with a colleague (Faras) about how $340k could be used in their business.
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All right, here we go.
I think this is the biggest check I've ever written. Oh, my pen won't work. That's a sign. It's a sign from above. God hates the government.
Okay. Oh, there we go.
Nope, it just started working. As soon as I accused God of hating the government, my pen started working.
Here we go.
This is it.
This is what I have to show you right here.
I think this is the biggest check ever written. Zoom in on that one. Block out my. Would you do me a favor and block out my banking information? $340,000 check to the government. That is an estimated payment first of the year. I'm handing it to the mysterious person on the back of the camera.
Taxes. Look. Last year I did a video on taxes when I wrote a check for $170,000 on tax day, and it was the most viral video that I have ever done. Now, the biggest pushback that I've ever received is people saying, well, how much does that mean that you brought home? You should feel proud that you get to contribute that much to your country. Listen, I don't care how much money you make. I don't care what good you think the government does. Money in people's pockets is always better spent than handing it off to politicians who don't know who you are, probably don't care who you are, and are out of touch with the solutions that actually make change in the world. Whether somebody buys a Lamborghini or whether somebody hires seven more people with, oh, I don't know, maybe the $340,000 that they pay as an estimated payment to the government, it is always better spent when it is kept in the hands of private individuals rather than turned over to fight war. Whether it is turned over to subsidize certain industries that you may or may not benefit from, or whatever it is that the government says that they are going to do. And look, this is not about Trump or Obama or about being Republican or Democrat. It is simply about you making choices rather than people making choices for you. And I'm not an anarchist. I want to have a military. I believe in strong borders. But apart from that, the federal government really has the role of protecting liberty and making sure that we have free markets. You have a right to keep what you earn. You have a right to go produce as much of it as possible. And by doing exactly that, you make a better world. By you creating things in the economy, that makes the world a better place. Even the idea of giving back is a misinformed idea because it assumes that by you acquiring wealth, you didn't give in the first place and you had to if there was a value exchange. So, again, this isn't about what side of the aisle you fall on or who you voted for in the last election. I didn't vote for Obama or Trump. But you always have a right to keep what you earn, and we should give as little to the government as possible. And also, people have accused me of saying, well, you only want to keep. You only want to keep dollars because you want to buy a fancy car or something, which, by, by the way, would be a better use of money than giving it to the government, but. Hey, Faras, would you sprint over here for a second? Watch this. This is spontaneous. This is how we roll on FFL tv. Sprint faster. Sprint faster.
Way to hustle. All right.
Hey, so I get scared of cameras.
Okay, so question just here@capitalism.com. what could we do with approximately, oh, $340,000?
Wow.
We can help a lot of businesses, actually.
Okay, you're being all political about it. Just bro, out with me here for a second.
$360,000?
Well, it just grew by 20 grand because I said 340,000. But what would we do with $340,000 to grow our business? A lot. Like what?
For one, marketing. We can expand on our marketing budget.
A lot.
Way, a lot.
Anything else? We could do with, I don't know, $340,000, bonuses for everyone.
Puts money back in, and we can also hire more people that we could bonus out. Yep. And would that not be a better use of money than giving it to the government, which is going to. Going to waste it in bureaucracy anyway?
It's always better to give money back to the community where they can either build businesses or get jobs, be hired. And we get bonuses, too.
