"When I said we've become a nation of whiners, I'm talking about our leaders. I'm not talking about our people," Gramm said. "We've got every kind of excuse in the world about oil prices -- we've got speculators, the oil companies to blame -- but too many people don't have a program to get on with a job of producing. If you listen to our leaders, we can't compete against Mexico, for God's sake. If they don't think we can compete against Mexico who can we compete against?"
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