It used to be the American mantra. [1] If you needed something, you made it. You didn't wait for it to be built in China. America, we are standing in a hole. Begging Washington for more money is not going to get us out of the hole.
"Ultimately, the success or failure of local government is a back-to-basics proposition: Are the streets clean? Are the neighborhoods safe? Are people able to live, work, and raise their families in a flourishing environment?" Christopher F. Rufo
Links:
[1] http://www.emersoncentral.com/selfreliance.htm
[2] https://www.city-journal.org/seattle-homelessness