Where has our country gone?

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds.
You cannot establish security on borrowed money.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
William J. H. Boetcker, 1916

1916........We had this knowledge 93 years ago and what have we done with it? Traded it in for ignorance and dependency. Will America ever return? William J.H. Boetcker said something else nearly 100 years ago.

"What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more". William J. H. Boetcker

We've quit listening and are now entirely focused on getting. It's upsetting that we've taken years of sound logical knowledge and ran from it in search for something different for the sake of "change".