"When Barack Obama spoke of “necessarily bankrupting” coal-fueled electricity producers, he claimed that the explosion in “green jobs” would replace the workers dislocated by penalizing fossil fuels. So far, though, there is little evidence of any explosion in green jobs, or even significant job creation at all."
BM @ Q&A phrases it slightly different: "In the midst of terrible economic times, let’s raise energy prices dramatically and lay people off..."
Of course, there is the expected dissent from uber-liberal DNC @sshat Debbie Schultz, spewing her usual party line agitprop.