What's the grey area? The capitalist said the quiet part out loud (on purpose) to push the bandaid that is tax reform?

Cool. We can still use his admission to point out this inherent adversarial relationship between classes and call for the reappropriation of his class's wealth.

Dude isn't an ally. Unless your goal is tax reform. But the goal of any socialist should be to abolish private property and give the proletariat ownership of the means of production.