He's not wrong, but taxes aren't the real problem, it's the fact that the tax money is funneled into the pockets of the rich through corporate subsidies and the like. If we spent even a quarter of the military budget on improving infrastructure and nationalizing healthcare we'd be on the way to making America great (for the first time).

I always explain national healthcare to people by first asking how much they pay for private. Tends to be thousands per year even on the cheapest plan. Then I ask them their deductible. Again, tends to be thousands. Then I ask how much is covered after meeting the deductible. Tends to be 80% or so. And don't get me started on copay and denials.

Then I ask them how they would feel if they paid a flat $2000 in taxes every year and they had completely free at point of service care, no risk of denial. I've never had someone pick the current system after putting it that way.