Do it for the children

The next time some social liberal wrings her hands and says "do it for the children," meaning the congress must pass some expensive do-gooder scheme for the sake of future generations, point to this article about the plight of Europe's young people. Unable to find jobs, in economies exhausted by government excesses, they are very frustrated.

What the children need and deserve is opportunity, not the endless nannying of a welfare state. They cannot have both; it is one or the other.