Our young people are out on the streets looking for parties, a place to dance, looking for a scene. No institutions are providing them with alternatives, fun things to do that don't necessarily have alcohol at the center.
The economic dimension is very clear. I was at a dinner party, a mother got up, who's a very distinguished scientist, and said she had to get home and help her daughter with her homework. The two waiters, their faces changed. They were working their second jobs, they couldn't get home to help their kids with homework.
I've spent my whole life with people underestimating me.
We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.
Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest of your life.
Sex education has to do with what's in people's head.