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Hank Green

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

And just for clarity, they don't get more money when they give money away.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

They just are able to give away more money because they're tax deductible.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

So if I give away $50,000 and I'm paying a 30% tax rate, then I otherwise would have been able to give $38,000.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

I can't do the math.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

And this way I can give more without that money going to the government, which is, you know, you can question that.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

Whether we should let people decide where money that would otherwise be going to the government goes.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

I actually know a billionaire who is like, I will not take tax deductions on my charitable contributions because I don't think that I should decide.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

This is crazy.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

He has plenty of money.

Decoder with Nilay Patel
Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

But I don't think that I should decide whether or not my tax dollars go to the government.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

I think the government should decide what to do with my tax dollars.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

And that's a fascinating way of looking at it.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

But that's not how much people... Is this person European?

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

Because I don't know... No, he is American and you know who he is.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

And like, yeah.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

And he's very American.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

He's like the most American of them.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

And he like likes America.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

Yeah.

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Hank Green lets loose on YouTube, billionaires, and algorithms

We're finally going to do a viral TikTok clip, and it's just going to be people trying to guess who this person is.