You and he are talking about different things. Let's take a concrete example: me and Donald Trump. In 2018 Trump's federal income tax was over 100x what mine w

You and he are talking about different things. Let's take a concrete example: me and Donald Trump. In 2018 Trump's federal income tax was over 100x what mine was. But as a percentage of our respective incomes he paid 4.1% and I paid about 10%. He's talking about the amount, you are talking about the percent of the taxpayer's income.