Rather amusing description of the anti-logic underpinning those never-ending French "we don't want jobs" riots. (Say what you want about illegal immigrants in the U.S, but those folks are here to work. Me love North America!)

The government claims relaxing the hideous web of laws that make it nearly impossible to fire a French worker will give more jobs to more people — who can then be fired to make room for more people who could also be fired. That's a French solution. In fact, increasing the number of jobs would require an expanding economy, something France hasn't had for years, partly because it's impossible to fire anybody.

In principle, however, the protests are significant because they show the future of economic reform in Old Europe. Today's French lesson: You cannot take back entitlements from people who have been told they’re entitled to them.

Societies run better when they run on what people want, rather than when the government tells people what they need.

(With the exception of SUVs. In this case, the people can all suck it.)