The Pie

There is a parable in which the master is going off on a journey.  He gives one servant $100, and one servant $50 and one servant $10.  In our modern world there are three things you can do.  You can invest it in some enterprise and try to expand the pie, as economists would say.  You could put it into the bank for interest.  You could hide it somewhere.  What you don't do is try to get the other servants' money in order to increase your own holdings.  You could steal it, or you could lobby Congress to get laws/rules that allow you to get more at the expense of someone else.  The pie is not expanded.  This seems to be when the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.  It may be legal, but is it just?  If legal is your criterion for what is right and fair, you had better hope God agrees.