Jason Chaffetz thinks federal lawmakers need a massive monthly stipend added to their $174,000 annual salary in order to cover housing. Unsurprisingly, he’s making this call just days before he exits Congress.
The timing is no accident. Politicians tend to speak with more honesty when they’re lame ducks — and they honestly believe that they deserve more money.
Part of the desire for more cash is ego, but part of it makes a bit of sense. Being a member of Congress is expensive, considering that members are expected to live in the state the represent while they work in Washington D.C. This requires either two mortgages or a rental or two just to work. It’s not uncommon to hear about many representatives sleeping in their offices to avoid the added expense their job requires.
But that doesn’t alleviate the fact that Americans are in no mood to hear them ask for more money when they already make so much — particularly while their approval ratings are so low and so many Americans are trying desperately to find good paying work.
Jason Chaffetz is on the way out, though, so he doesn’t mind the optics.
See how much more money he thinks his fellow lawmakers need on the next page:
Hell no they make more than enough!! NO
I AM SURPRISED HE SAID THAT, IF THEY CANT MAKE IT ON THAT SALARY, GET ANOTHER JOB, OR GET MY S/S AT 14,000.00, IDIOTS !!!!
Drain the Swamp and get to work, before any raise talk!
Put them in government housing…
NO. You all didn’t raise Social Security so people could eat do you don’t need a raise so you can live high on the hog.
They need to earn it first. They only thing they deserve is kick in the pants
I think we need to take away their authority to give themselves a raise. They should never have had the authority in the first place.
Give their raise to the illegals like they are doing with social security then raise their insurance premiums that should do it for fairness!!
Greedy heathens
No