Higher Energy Costs Means Fewer Jobs And That Is No Myth

Conn Carroll / August 11, 2009

The Washington Post profiles Special Advisor to the President for Green Job Van Jones today. The article is a bit of a puff piece, however the Post does mention the unfortunate detail that despite Jones’ title “there is no official federal definition of a green job” but then the Post does allow Jones to assert unchallenged:

Jones said anecdotal evidence is strong that the strategy is working, and he dismissed as “myth” reports that the plan merely moves jobs around the economy without creating new ones. “If you get people in on the ground floor of a growing industry, they can grow that industry,” he said.

As Heritage fellow David Kreutzer has detailed, creating higher energy costs through energy taxes will always lead to a net job loss: (more…)