First we were told unemployment checks created jobs. Then we were told food stamps create jobs. Today Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) told us regulations creates jobs.
That’s nuts.

Via Free Republic:

Transcript via Real Clear Politics:

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) tells MSNBC regulations create jobs because a business will have to hire people to help them comply with the new requirement.

“I think the answer is no,” Ellison said when asked if he believes regulations kill jobs. “And here is why: When we talked about increasing fuel efficiency standards, the industry responded, and they need engineers and designers and manufacturers, and they need actually more people to help respond to the new requirement.”

“I believe if the government says, look, we have got to reduce our carbon footprint, you will kick into gear a whole number of people that know how to do that or have ideas about that, and that will be a job engine. I understand what you mean, because if anything adds a cost to a business, you could assume that that will diminish that business’s ability to hire. But I don’t think that’s actually right. I think what businesses want is customers and what — if they are selling product, if they have a product to sell they will do well even if they have some new regulations to meet,” the Congressman said.

 

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  1. #1 October 10, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    Hank commented:

    Stupid is as stupid does…….

  2. #2 October 10, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    Molon Labe commented:

    Proof positive that Darwins theory works. Only something like a progressive could embrace something this sttupid demonstrating they are incapable of surviving in a changing reality or circumstances.

  3. #3 October 10, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    American Woman commented:

    I agree, Hank; stupid is as Keith Ellison does….

  4. #4 October 10, 2011 at 8:39 pm

    RickZ commented:

    This clown has no clue about how to run a business, or the costs inolved in operating said business thanks to government regulations.

  5. #5 October 10, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    Missy8s commented:

    “I believe if the government says, look, we have got to reduce our carbon footprint, you will kick into gear a whole number of people that know how to do that or have ideas about that, and that will be a job engine.”

    Translation:

    If we can just screw one group of people for the benefit of another our buddies who bought up all of the patents and franchise rights for specified products and services we can stay in power forever!

  6. #6 October 10, 2011 at 8:42 pm

    Winghunter commented:

    NO ONE is that stupid without the intent to be!

    Five Things Republicans Must Do to Crush the Left in the Propaganda War http://bit.ly/pfIvjC

  7. #7 October 10, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    Obamas regulation destroy jobs commented:

    it just goes to show you DO NOT have to be intelligent to be a Senator–this guy is 2 points above plant life! Dumb and dumber…

  8. #8 October 10, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    anna commented:

    His favorite pet is “Gerty” the goat. Its just a damn fact….

  9. #9 October 10, 2011 at 8:46 pm

    Skandia Recluse commented:

    It makes perfect sense, to a leftist. Obviously they all believe that everyone should be working for the government. Obviously, the leftist believes that they should BE the government. Therefore it logically follows that everyone should be working for the leftist masters of the universe. It’s only fair, since they are the superior and the other 99% are the inferior.

    It’s surprising y’all don’t see this.

  10. #10 October 10, 2011 at 8:46 pm

    RickZ commented:

    #7 October 10, 2011 at 8:43 pm
    Obamas regulation destroy jobs commented:

    it just goes to show you DO NOT have to be intelligent to be a Senator
    ———

    Thank gawd Ellison is only a rep. He has to run for reelction every two years. And I think 2012 might just be his well-deserved swan song.

  11. #11 October 10, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    MrGoodWench commented:

    You know what else creates jobs ?
    Abortions.
    And amesty for illegals.
    And sharia in our courts .
    And gay mariages.
    And EVERY FREAKIN DESIRE OF THE ISLAMOMARXISTS.
    ” crates jobs” are the latest in series of magic words/ catch phrase these days, every islamomarxist HAS to say it to justify whatever it is that Hussein wants

  12. #12 October 10, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    Earthmover commented:

    Apparently this genius has never owned a business.

  13. #13 October 10, 2011 at 8:49 pm

    a former dem commented:

    I never understand why the repubs never used lines like this in a commercial, I remember the DNC always used any repub congressperson’s idiotic line in a commercial. Why don’t the conservatives use these lines in a commercial?

  14. #14 October 10, 2011 at 8:57 pm

    kansas commented:

    If they really want to create jobs through regulation, just make jobs illegal. That should employ a lot of lawyers trying to overturn that.

  15. #15 October 10, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    donh commented:

    Yes and morauding gangs of thieves are good for jobs too because companies have to hire security guards ? NO ! Employees who do not contribute to the output/sales of product are best kept at a minimum. They drive up cost . Paying for regulation compliance managers may be cheaper than paying fines for violations but overhead cost is driven up either way. That drives up prices, higher prices reduce sales volume, which menas fewer laborers are needed on the production floor. One environmental compliance manager hired…5 long time employees fired. This is why small government is so critical to our economic survival. You can’t run a company with 3 productive employees and 500 security guards. Big government makes society top heavy in worthless non productive individuals who crush the life out of production we all need to survive.

  16. #16 October 10, 2011 at 9:10 pm

    Ginger commented:

    He is a cry baby muslim! boo hooo hoo

  17. #17 October 10, 2011 at 9:14 pm

    CommieJuice commented:

    That’s an insult to rocks. True human trash. Islamofascist who can’t get enough of YOUR stuff or put enough regulation on YOU, himself and his ilk not included. This is what you get from districts and groups of people who only see color, who are oblivious to the facts and substance of a person only because they are the most racist voting group in this country today. I can only give him credit, he didn’t change his name, but at least he owned up to be being part of the cult unlike someone else who changed their name, but still denies the obvious.

    “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”

  18. #18 October 10, 2011 at 9:18 pm

    donh commented:

    Mohammed was a merchant in his pre prophesy days. Muslims are generally astute at economics. Good at managing trade and haggling prices. Kieth should hang his head in SHAME for testifying such ignorance of markets. He brings BIG embarassment to Mohammed peace be upon him.

  19. #19 October 10, 2011 at 9:18 pm

    nobama commented:

    Ellison is a dope. I guess he did not even open up Jefferson’s koran. lol Apparently inside it was printed how the book was basically full of bull.

  20. #20 October 10, 2011 at 9:29 pm

    Highlander commented:

    These MORONS will just never understand the difference between a “make work” job, and a PRODUCTIVE job. We need to remove ALL OF THEM from office and replace them with people who understand economics, and aren’t just looking to hand out goodies in exchange for votes. If we don’t, we’re finished as a country.

  21. #21 October 10, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    Valerie commented:

    So, who’s the candidate? Who will run against him in the next election? Have the local Tea Parties identified a democrat to run against him in the primary, and an republican in the election?

  22. #22 October 10, 2011 at 10:04 pm

    gus commented:

    If REGULATIONS CREATE JOBS.

    Shouldn’t we have 14 million more of them.

    What a fvcking idiot. Problem is, LIBTARDS don’t realize that he’s an idiot.

  23. #23 October 10, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    RB Miller commented:

    Ellison is merely representative of economic ignorance on the Left. Remember our own President Obama, stated that his last Budget did no increase the Debt. Forget about the fact that it contained a Deficit of 1.3 Trillion…Further, forget that the White House Press Corps didn’t say a word about it, except for one question form Jake Tapper. FoxNation.com and WND.com had precise stories on the WH Press and the Budget.

    …There was not one followup question from any reporter at the WH. So, economic ignorance on the Left is confirmed.

    econus.blogspot.com

  24. #24 October 10, 2011 at 10:22 pm

    progressoverpeace commented:

    This is just the same low-IQ BS that the dems have been pushing, loudly and quite publicly, e ver since King Berry of Stupid rose to the throne and showed everyone that you can be a total retard and, if you’re a lefty or looking to destroy America the MSM will cover for your 84 IQ all the way. And, if you keep doing and saying the dumbest things one can imagine, much of the public becomes tired and lost in the fog of stupidity. Nazi Pelousi and King Berry were spouting this same 3rd grade BS when they were arguing for their ephemeral “saved or created jobs”, Crap&Trade and the rest (where Barky and his lunatic junta tried to hijack the word “competition” and claim that their efforts to cap growth and productivity were “competitive” … forcing companies to work harder to make a buck. And their love of broken windows (just a destruction of wealth in order to generate low income, as breaking the windows of poor people who can’t pay for new windows generates nothing but cold interiors – par for the course for leftist theories) is right at the front.

  25. #25 October 10, 2011 at 10:27 pm

    Rob Crawford commented:

    He brings BIG embarassment to Mohammed peace be upon him.

    Mohammed — may bees pee upon him — was a liar, thug, murderer, thief, and pedophile. His wife was the merchant.

  26. #26 October 10, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    kato commented:

    Just another stupid acorn.

  27. #27 October 10, 2011 at 10:28 pm

    Rob Crawford commented:

    These MORONS will just never understand the difference between a “make work” job, and a PRODUCTIVE job.

    Because they’ve never held a productive job.

  28. #28 October 10, 2011 at 10:29 pm

    progressoverpeace commented:

    donh commented: “Mohammed was a merchant in his pre prophesy days. Muslims are generally astute at economics. Good at managing trade and haggling prices.

    Here’s an interesting little excerpt from a 14th century muslim (Ibn Khaldun’s Muqadimmah) writing about modern leftists (though he called them “arabs”):

    25. Places that succumb to the Arabs are quickly ruined.

    The reason for this is that (the Arabs) are a savage nation, fully accustomed to savagery and the things that cause it. Savagery has become their character and nature. They enjoy it, because it means freedom from authority and no subservience to leadership. Such a natural disposition is the negation and antithesis of civilization. All the customary activities of the Arabs lead to travel and movement. This is the antithesis and negation of stationariness, which produces civilization. For instance, the Arabs need stones to set them up as supports for their cooking pots. So, they take them from buildings which they tear down to get the stones, and use them for that purpose. Wood, too, is needed by them for props for their tents and for use as tent poles for their dwell­ings. So, they tear down roofs to get the wood for that purpose. The very nature of their existence is the negation of building, which is the basis of civilization. This is the case with them quite generally.

    Furthermore, it is their nature to plunder whatever other people possess. Their sustenance lies wherever the shadow of their lances falls. They recognize no limit in taking the possessions of other people. Whenever their eyes fall upon some property, furnishings, or utensils, they take it. When they acquire superiority and royal authority, they have complete power to plunder (as they please). There no longer exists any political (power) to protect property, and civilization is ruined.

    Furthermore, since they use force to make craftsmen and professional workers do their work, they do not see any value in it and do not pay them for it. Now, as we shall mention, labor is the real basis of profit. When labor is not appreciated and is done for nothing, the hope for profit vanishes, and no (productive) work is done. The sedentary population disperses, and civilization decays.

    Furthermore, (the Arabs) are not concerned with laws. (They are not concerned) to deter people from misdeeds or to protect some against the others. They care only for the property that they might take away from people through looting and imposts. When they have obtained that, they have no interest in anything further, such as taking care of (people), looking after their interests, or forcing them not to commit misdeeds. They often level fines on property, because they want to get some advantage, some tax, or profit out of it. This is their custom. It does not help to prevent misdeeds or to deter those who undertake to commit (mis­deeds). On the contrary, it increases (misdeeds), because as compared to getting what one wants, the (possible financial) loss (through fines) is insignificant.

  29. #29 October 10, 2011 at 10:41 pm

    Blackbird commented:

    Sweet mercy, someone either drag this idiot into an econ. 101 classroom or better yet put him to work in the real world for a while. This is basic stuff.

    Keith Ellison meet The Broken Window Fallacy

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

    Bastiat saw this guy coming from 160 years away.

  30. #30 October 10, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    Patty commented:

    Progressive Caucus that say it all. Progressive is the word you really don’t want you name link too. LOL

  31. #31 October 10, 2011 at 11:06 pm

    big L commented:

    Over at powerlineblog.com, they have run 6 posts on this guy. It is an eyeopener. Read what they said. It is in the archives; They call him iirc Farakhans favorite congressman, He ran the first time for congress as Keith Muhammad X. Something like that. Read \about this guy

  32. #33 October 11, 2011 at 3:31 am

    tommy mc donnell commented:

    this is what is making the laws of this country. you wonder why we are in this mess? to all the people that crave government control. we have the most powerful government in our history and we may be as bad off as we have ever been in our history. government control is not a solution to problem, it is a cause of our problems.

  33. #34 October 11, 2011 at 5:38 am

    ohiochili commented:

    I get it, Keith.

    Regulations create jobs much like a corral lets a horse run free.

    There are actually sheeple out there who BELIEVE this stuff.

  34. #35 October 11, 2011 at 6:02 am

    squeaky commented:

    we’re well beyond the “need to know” point….from doug ross and his look at GM – OT as it is
    while the truth may set you free some truth may send you over the top……the danger from being knocked too far down is the difficulty regrouping. a concerted effort to keep the truth from the masses.
    http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2011/10/30-times-worse-than-solyndra.html

  35. #36 October 11, 2011 at 7:23 am

    Obama Nation commented:

    Michael Savage Goes Birther!

    Savage: No Valid Obama Birth Certificate; Social Security Number From State He Didn’t Live In

    Hear It For Yourself Here

    http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2011/10/michael-savage-no-valid-obama-birth.html

  36. #37 October 11, 2011 at 7:51 am

    #1AMERICAN commented:

    sorry mooslum ellison…we already have 1 mooslime in chief we do not need to listen to another one

  38. #40 October 11, 2011 at 3:41 pm

    A_Nonny_Mouse commented:

    Sure, regulations create jobs: for regulation writers, and regulation enforcers.

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