So if the money I have is worth less, your response is to take away more of my money? Yeah, that may work to stop inflation. It may have a few other consequences, though...
Or you can learn to live with the inflation.
Rock and a hard place is the standard expression for the situation we're in.
Here are my assumptions:
1. Inflation is a function of monetary supply, the velocity of money, and available goods.
2. The rich contribute less to the velocity of money (since they tend to save or drive up asset prices) than the poor