Don't listen to him. Free healthcare, no need to do taxes. If there was a democratic communist state in which the people could vote (unlike in the USSR) then it would be great. But the USSR was more of a dictatorship communistic society in which the leader controlled what the people should have had a say in. The USSR version of communism put not faith in it's people and that is perhaps why it failed. If ever there was a communistic society in which people could vote for their president it may work better, but overall I feel the soviet union was a bad example of communism.
All in all communism would be great if it had the right management and setup. You can't just go 'Hey we're all communists! (time for vodka)' it doesn't work.