"A Nation of Whiners"

Amity Shlaes says "Phil Gramm Is Right", and I agree: "...Gramm faces political exile because he made the mistake of telling the truth. Gramm said that the country was not in a true recession but a 'mental recession.' He also said, 'We have sort of become a nation of whiners' and 'You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline.'" Read it all.