Hank Green
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And just for clarity, they don't get more money when they give money away.
They just are able to give away more money because they're tax deductible.
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.
I can't do the math.
And this way I can give more without that money going to the government, which is, you know, you can question that.
Whether we should let people decide where money that would otherwise be going to the government goes.
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.
This is crazy.
He has plenty of money.
But I don't think that I should decide whether or not my tax dollars go to the government.
I think the government should decide what to do with my tax dollars.
And that's a fascinating way of looking at it.
But that's not how much people... Is this person European?
Because I don't know... No, he is American and you know who he is.
And like, yeah.
And he's very American.
He's like the most American of them.
And he like likes America.
Yeah.
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.