I’ve never heard of him suggesting any actual wealth redistribution. I don’t follow MSN at all, but I’d imagine by higher taxes they mean slightly more taxes on people making 6 figures. I don’t care about people making only 6 figures. I don’t believe Bill Gates is out there promoting policies that will relinquish his financial power.
Are you from the US? I think the lack of a leftist political party has skewed what Americans view as left. Not even any of the third parties (with a leader eligible to be president) are left. The democratic party of the USA is most closely aligned with the conservative party of canada, from the policies that I’ve seen