Millionaire Phil Gramm, John McCain's economic adviser, wants you to know this--He doesn't feel your pain!
Here is even more on Gramm from the Washington Post:
Former senator Phil Gramm, a top policy adviser of Sen. John McCain's, said the nation is in a "mental recession," not an actual one, and suggested the United States has "become a nation of whiners."
"...You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession," Gramm said, noting that growth has held up at about 1 percent despite all the publicity over losing jobs to India, China, illegal immigration, housing and credit problems and record oil prices. "We may have a recession; we haven't had one yet."
"We have sort of become a nation of whiners," Gramm said. "You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline" despite a major export boom that is the primary reason that growth continues in the economy....
Have you lost your job? Lost your house? Can't feed your kids? Don't have money to buy gas for your car?
Would Phil Gramm say, "Stop whining!"???????
McCain and Gramm apparently are out of touch with what families have to deal with in the real world. McCain and Gramm are two old wealthy white guys that have multiple homes, lots of money, and house staff to get gasoline, groceries, and the mail. They are completely clueless about what it takes to survive in the country today.
> Old man McCain also got a little uncomfortable when asked a question about birth control pills and Viagara. Huffington Post has the video.
