I believe Dr. Phil Gramm was a PhD befor the later "Dr. Phil. But We ARE a nation of whiners. Just think some 95% of people that want to work have jobs. Something about the same percentage are currently paying their mortgages on time. Obamas wife is whining about cost of ballet lessons for his girls and they may millions last year.........
Yes, their are two wage earners in most households not. But think about this - the unemployment rate is still pretty low with all these many millions of added workers. When I was young and my mom was a "housewife" our houses (I remember 4 before I was 16), were all less than half the size of my house now! This extra income has allowed a lot of opportunities for families. We are paying lots for gasoline but there are a whole lot of folks in the world paying a lot more and as a percentage of thier income a horrible amount. I can imagine the crap I'll get by pointing this out.
I can remember no one buying us a home, buying our health insurance or paying for our food (that part we didn't raise or grown). If I needed glasses or dental work, dad paid for it. There was no "housing" or "education" departments either and lots of us can read and write okay.
Are we whiners?
Ron in Ca