'You've regressed to the 1700's': Chris Hayes and Sally Kohn cheer inefficiency to create jobs

Sometimes our posts write themselves…

AEI put out this tweet yesterday showing how inefficient solar is when compared to coal and natural gas…

Inconvenient energy fact: It takes 79 solar workers to produce same amount of electric power as one coal worker. https://t.co/JkmA4CLmUW pic.twitter.com/w9sTmrEs8l

— AEI (@AEI) May 4, 2017

…and liberals like Chris Hayes and Sally Kohn took it to mean that we should embrace inefficient industries that cost Americans a lot more money because of jobs:

lolool. Yes! Clean energy is much more labor-intensive! Creates many more jobs! https://t.co/y7OWY0j4Ge

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 5, 2017

In case you mistakenly thought conservatives mean it when they say they believe in creating good jobs… https://t.co/uUyUPzBovs

— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) May 5, 2017

Sigh. What other modern industries should we destroy to employ more people?

Like. Lower-yield agriculture creates lots of jobs too.

It’s not an unmitigated good to create more jobs. https://t.co/KlSrHWmheB

— Alex Trembath (@atrembath) May 5, 2017

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this or ANYTHING works. https://t.co/AuNs2esP1c

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) May 6, 2017

https://twitter.com/Oil_Guns_Merica/status/860608641195544576

#ProductivityHowDoesItWork https://t.co/bkBEXSm0yy

— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) May 6, 2017

Well, the dumbest one we’ll hear this weekend. There’s always more from these guys:

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"Doing things inefficiently creates more jobs!" could be the dumbest economic argument I've ever heard.

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) May 5, 2017

"Efficiency is evil because it employs fewer people" is what Luddites said about the Spinning Jenny. You've regressed to the 1700's. https://t.co/2eebdtwpiA

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) May 5, 2017

I almost ALWAYS think you're being disingenuous rather than stupid. This is NOT such an instance. https://t.co/TDqFaZLyeq

— Blame Big Government (@BlameBigGovt) May 5, 2017

https://twitter.com/BlackGuelph/status/860607336590618624

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