Explain please how its illogical.
I suspect you havent factored in to the equation that there will be future CDs and their families who, if we choose to take the hard road will live with less hardship but who, if we take the selfish road of avoiding the hard work will live with the same struggles we do now. Or worse we could slide back on the gains of the past CDs.
Avoiding long term growth by avoiding the short term pain required for that growth is called idiot-compassion in bhuddism. It's also called dying of gangrene in medicine by not putting the antiseptic on the infected wound cause it will sting.
By trying to not hurt ourselves and families we hurt them and all society more. By trying to avoid some pain we inflict worse pain over generations whereas gritting our teeth and letting the buck stop here would stop the cycle.