Congressional Republicans have abdicated all attempts at a reaching a compromise on revenue.   But it's good to know that the Wall Street Journal is at least entertaining the possibility of revenue increases.   The deduction of mortgage interest creates a perverse incentive to build ever larger houses while doing nothing to encourage home ownership for poorer individuals.

Here's the question I'd love Speaker Boehner to answer...  In exchange for doing away the mortgage interest deduction and a $.50 increase in the gas tax, what revenue neutral cuts would he propose?