That's not what he said. But he might as well have. What he says is that the US must take things from the wealthy or high-income people and pay more attention to the middle class and to the poor. Well, the middle class has been harmed by his policies (from the WSJ):
Their explanation:
Median incomes typically fall during recessions. But the striking fact of the Obama economy is that median real household income has fallen even during the recovery.
While the declines have stabilized over the last two years, incomes are still far below the previous peak located by Sentier of $56,280 in January 2008. No wonder Mr. Obama is now turning once again to his familiar political narrative assailing inequality and blaming everyone else for it. He wants to change the subject from the results on his watch.
The core problem has been Mr. Obama's focus on spreading the wealth rather than creating it.