The problem is members of Congress are dug in ideologically. President Obama, July 15, 2011

He is right, the power-hungry, class-warfare motivated, politicians want to increase their power over the purse by increasing taxes.  It is too bad that both the President and Democrat members of Congress are so dug in ideologically that they insist on tax increases – or “revenues” as the double-speak coming from the President and Congress refers to them.