Senator Phil Gramm’s Perspective: “Whiners”

It must be a new election ploy to connect with the voters. Former Senator Phil Gramm, an economic adviser to Senator John McCain, thinks that America is “a nation of whiners”:

“…In an interview with the Washington Times, the McCain economic adviser downplayed the economy — despite it having been the top issue of concern to voters in public polling for months. Gramm goes so far as to call the economy a “mental recession,” says that “We have sort of become a nation of whiners” and blames much of the hand-wringing on the perpetual scapegoat — the media.”

link: McCain Economic Adviser: ‘Nation of Whiners’

This may be illustrative of how ‘in touch’ politicians are with the economic struggles of the average citizen. The price of essential groceries soar at a rate that far exceeds any increase in the take-home pay check. That is assuming that there is employment and a pay check.

That whining that Senator Gramm hears may be the voice of the people telling the politicians that there are serious problems afoot. Senator Gramm’s name calling is dismissive. And obviously, he does not ‘feel our pain’. Surely Senator Gramm is perceptive enough to know that insulting the majority of American voters will garner more belligerence to politicians who seem blind to the day-to-day realities of the people.

Catherine Forsythe