Rien ne va plus - still more.

We've looked at this situation so far from the point of view of gambling, but it goes further than that. It underpins the Government's tax and benefits strategy. And this isn't a party political matter - governments of whichever colour know that without some intervention on their part money will naturally gravitate away from those with a little towards those with a lot - in other words, the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. And this is not the result of any sharp practice by the rich or stupidity on the part of the poor - it's just our card game played out on a larger scale. It's inevitable, and this is why governments all subscribe, to a greater or lesser extent, to the principle of the redistribution of wealth.