"A Nation of Whiners"!!?

Phil Gramm, the guy who was seen on television gloating over how nobody missed the Federal Government back during the government shutdown* he helped engineer in the 90s is at it again.

The recession, or rather the Not-Yet-A-True-Recession, that I mentioned earlier is only a "mental recession." I think that means it only exists in people's minds. He then helpfully adds that we have become a nation of whiners and complainers. This is so not true. We have always been a nation of whiners and complainers. It goes along with being a democracy, I think.

Well, so much for compassionate conservatism.
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