Re: Dogma question:
Not necessarily. Since GWB took office, the Dow Jones has dropped 26%. That's wealth which has evaporated - gone. And not just from Bill Gates. My Aunt Harriet's 26% has disappeared, too. And look what's happened to poor ol' Ken Lay!! Down to his last 80 mil! (It may rain again someday, but not in the foreseeable future.)
So, to answer your question, when you destroy an economy you destroy wealth, not redistribute it.
Seems simple.
Arf