Over on NRO, Missouri congressman Roy Blunt describes House Democrats’ “new” plan for pushing through higher taxes on energy companies.

Oil and gas being so expensive creates an opportunity for Congress to “do something.” And what do they want to do? Hit energy companies with $16 to $21 billion in new taxes. Voila! Cheaper energy. Huh?

As today’s Wall Street Journal editorial on Obama’s “Patriot Employer Act” helpfully points out, companies don’t pay taxes, they merely collect them for the government from consumers. The Dems’ tax grab can only make energy more expensive for Americans. Doubtless, should that happen, energy companies would remain the bad guys.

Now that’s savvy political leadership.