Jason Chaffetz thinks federal lawmakers need a massive monthly stipend added to their $174,000 annual salary in order to cover housing. Unsurprisingly, he’s making this call just days before he exits Congress.
The timing is no accident. Politicians tend to speak with more honesty when they’re lame ducks — and they honestly believe that they deserve more money.
Part of the desire for more cash is ego, but part of it makes a bit of sense. Being a member of Congress is expensive, considering that members are expected to live in the state the represent while they work in Washington D.C. This requires either two mortgages or a rental or two just to work. It’s not uncommon to hear about many representatives sleeping in their offices to avoid the added expense their job requires.
But that doesn’t alleviate the fact that Americans are in no mood to hear them ask for more money when they already make so much — particularly while their approval ratings are so low and so many Americans are trying desperately to find good paying work.
Jason Chaffetz is on the way out, though, so he doesn’t mind the optics.
See how much more money he thinks his fellow lawmakers need on the next page:
Politicians should work on commission. That might motivate them to get$#%&!@*DONE.
IM SHURE THERE ARE SOME AMERICANS THAT WOULD DO YOUR JOB FOR HALF OF WHAT YOUR PAID AND BE HAPPY
They all become millionaires selling their votes to lobbyists.
Well Jason I as a tax payer believe you should not get a retirement package at the tax payers expense, how about you and the rest of elected officials save for your retirement as the rest of us do!!!
Instead of lobbying?
Time for a guillotine…
Come on, Jason, I thought you were supposed to be American’s SERVANT, not to BE SERVED! Sorry, that you feel this way, but that’s un-American you guys spend our tax money recklessly and love it! Too bad, America we really don’t know who is a part of the swamp do we? Maybe it would be nice if all the swamp creeps resigned – huh?
Have they all took a stupid pill or something
Drain the swamp
I agree wirh u