I suspect after the 2010 election, if the Dems still control a majority in both houses there will be a mad rush to raise all sorts of taxes. Eliminating the mortgage deduction would be a logical place to start as on paper it would be a big money raiser.
Never going to happen. Between the NAR, MBA and middle class taxpayers it will be crushed.
The middle class will cut corporate and lower class welfare, but never their own.
It seems like they propose a tax or fee every day so it might not take that long.