Marc Steynisms du jour

WHEN MOST of us across the Atlantic think of “welfare queens,” our mind’s eye conjures some teenage crack whore with three kids by different men in a housing project. But France illustrates how absolute welfare corrupts absolutely.

These Sorbonne welfare queens are Marie-Antoinettes: Unemployment rates for immigrants? Let ’em eat cake, as long as our pampered existence is undisturbed.

The most accurate thing I can say is touché.