Redistribution through tax can be seen as "baling the water back out of the boat" in this context: it pulls money away from the rich, but doesn't prevent it continuing to rush back to them. It's a thankless never-ending job and politically motivated interruptions in "baling" will immediately result in inequality growing again.
I'm with the Zeitgeist Movement on this: money as a Thing needs to go away. It's intrinsically harmful.