The Biblical Economist

I thought this was an apropos quote for what we are facing in these days and regarding the "solution" that has been proposed and enacted by our Federal Government:

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

By Rev William JH Boetcker (Written in 1916) (9th quote in the link)

When plainly laid out in this fashion, to go against these observations seems to defy logic. Why are these tenets so hard to understand?