They are, at least according to former Senator Phil Gramm.
Gramm is a top economic adviser for McCain, he made the statement in an interview with the Washington Times.
He added : " You've heard of mental depression, this is a mental recession ". He went on to peddle the talking points of the Bush administration that " The US was not in an economic recession" and then said in closing " We have sort of become a nation of whinners".
I am sure people losing their jobs, houses and their 401 k's ( if they still have any) will be happy about the ludicrous statement. Today, the numbers were in; the foreclosures were up by 50 % from last year. Is this our imagination, Mr. Gramm? Gas is at record high and the dollar at record low. When was the last time you went to a gas station, Mr. Gramm? Are you aware of the 9 trillion deficit Mr.Gramm?
In politic you are only as good as the people you hire as " adviser", and getting Gramm in his team says a lot about McCain's judgement.
McCain moved quickly to limit the political damage caused by the comment of former Texas Senator Gramm. " Phil Gramm does not speak for me. I speak for me. So I strongly disagree " McCain said.
Yet, McCain picked Gramm in his "team", and quite often,in political campaigns the freudian slips of advisers reflect the real position of the boss. In the case of Gramm and McCain, it shows the disconnect that the very wealthy have with the real struggle of the middle class ( at least what is left of it).
Obama went on the attack saying: " It's not a figment of the imagination, it's not all in your head. I think it is time we have a president who doesn't deny our problems..or blame American people for them."
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He's right, we a nation of spoiled children. Things have never been better for all classes of people. Revisit the 1930's and 1940's and see what hard times those Americans endured. They didn't whine. They got off their rear ends and made things happen. We are the spoiled beneficiaries of their efforts.
Anonymous is right that we are a spoiled nation, but looking back at some of the hardest times in U.S. history and saying "hey, at least things are not as bad as they were then" doesn't offer anything.
Haven't we evolved socially, scientifically, technologically etc. over the past 75 years to the point where even more of us could and should be prosperous? Just a thought.
Good blog.
HA! This article sparked quite a discussion between me and one of my fellow blog authors. He took the position that Gramm was way out of line, but I happen to think he wasn't too far off the mark.
Sadly, I think most of the whining is coming from the extreme lower and extreme upper class. The bulk of the U.S.'s finances rests with the middle class and they are too busy working their asses off to whine about much so their voice isn't really ever heard.
But hey, that is just my opinion - LOL
Great blog!!
Talk about whining!!! Taxes, taxes, taxes, whine, whine, whine!!
Liberals, more whining even though our country's founders were liberals and these people are Royalists! Less government regulation, more whining and falling for it has consequences.
Methinks Mr Whiner is the biggest whiner of all along with the entire Republican party!
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