"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month."

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President, 1901-1909

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You know, this quote reminds me of a little story... I once told one of my kids, "Sometimes, it's better to ask forgiveness than to ask permission."  The idea was that no matter what you want to do, there will always be somebody who would say, "You shouldn't" or "You can't."  If you listen to "them", you probably wouldn't do anything. And it's my belief that it is you will regret more the things you don't do, rather than the things you actually do.
Anyway, "the kid" somehow took that and turned it into, "It's always better to ask for forgiveness than to ask permission." It has turned into a philosophy of life for them and has served pretty well so far. They have gone off to college and visited foreign lands in their young life. When you are young, it is easy-you really don't know what the consequences might be.To continue that philosophy into adulthood will require courage.

What's that got to do with ol' Teddy? What is the good ol' U.S. of A. kicking themselves about? What did they do to get into big budget and debt troubles? or what didn't they do? Did we outsource our wealth away? Did we allow our jobs to be sent away to enhance the stockholders' gains? Did we cut off our nose despite our face? Perhaps.
Do we have to ask permission to turn it around? Do we wait around? Is there sombody out there with a plan? Anyplan. Let's start over and make cheap trinkets and souvenirs that say, "Made in the USA".