Jason Chaffetz thinks federal lawmakers need a massive monthly stipend added to their $174,000 annual salary in order to cover housing. Unsurprisingly, he’s making this call just days before he exits Congress.
The timing is no accident. Politicians tend to speak with more honesty when they’re lame ducks — and they honestly believe that they deserve more money.
Part of the desire for more cash is ego, but part of it makes a bit of sense. Being a member of Congress is expensive, considering that members are expected to live in the state the represent while they work in Washington D.C. This requires either two mortgages or a rental or two just to work. It’s not uncommon to hear about many representatives sleeping in their offices to avoid the added expense their job requires.
But that doesn’t alleviate the fact that Americans are in no mood to hear them ask for more money when they already make so much — particularly while their approval ratings are so low and so many Americans are trying desperately to find good paying work.
Jason Chaffetz is on the way out, though, so he doesn’t mind the optics.
See how much more money he thinks his fellow lawmakers need on the next page:
NO…..
They want a raise but they are off for half of the year? Aaah, NO!
No more raises! You don’t even work a full year!
Jason shut the$#%&!@*up and go get a real job!!!
congress and the house must take at least a 50% cut in salary as they do not work half the time and when they do they do everything but their jobs which is to represent the people who elected them to office not big business or all the rich people.
None of them earn the money they are paid!!!!!!!
What losers congress is.. whining about they need a raise? Lol lol lol
If they don’t start doing there job they won’t have a job
They should not be able to increase their own income–how about letting the voting citizens determine it they should get a raise or a well deserved decrease for such garbage that we see daily!
Jason Chaffetz, you put Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, James Comey,
Debbie Wasserman, McCabe and a few others in jail and you then will deserve a raise!