Its clear to me he is telling YOU, you can't have it both ways. If one buys the hidden taxes built into prices today, then one must also agree that anyone who buys stuff today is paying taxes.
Lucy, individual taxes are incident on the worker. If you disagree, take it up with ANY economist. Easily illustrated - if I have $100 withheld from my paycheck, will the sales price of the item I help produce change if my taxes decrease? increase? Of course not.