Where Have All The Stoics Gone?

Phil Gramm, PhD, economic adviser to John McCain:

"We have sort of become a nation of whiners. You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline," said the former Texas senator. "You've heard of mental depression; this is a mental recession."

Are we in decline,
or do we just like to whine?

As for me, I plan to complain
endlessly, like a song's refrain.