title:  GOP Rep. Wants A $30k A Year Housing Allowance; Twitter RIPS Him A New One
text: Not long ago, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), said that poor people should have to choose between having an iPhone and healthcare. Never mind that an iPhone costs something like $600 while a poor person would be lucky to spend only $600 a month on health insurance, especially under the Republican plans.Now, while we are still recovering from sticker shock over the Congressional Budget Office scoring of the Senate bill, which will cost us a lot more and cause 22 million people to lose insurance, Chaffetz has the nerve to complain that his $173,000 annual salary just isn t enough. He thinks he and his fellow members of Congress need an extra $30,000, tax free, because housing is expensive and four times the average American salary is far too much of a sacrifice.Twitter, was having none of it:He doesn t even deserve it plus he s leaving so he gets nothing Chaffetz calls for $2,500 legislator housing stipend https://t.co/ychfxDdEcU  Jbaby56 (@jbaby56) June 27, 2017Maybe if @jasoninthehouse didn t buy the newest iPhone, he could afford to house his family. https://t.co/s0U56XkkB7  Matt Y (@yantastico) June 27, 2017Can t help but compare Chaffetz s call for $2500 legislator housing stipend to his remarks re: health care + iPhones https://t.co/fM9nMnxEVk pic.twitter.com/abbw6YYUxX  Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 27, 2017Chaffetz has some nerve saying Congress deserves a housing stipend while everyone else in America pays 50% or more of their income on rent.  Jerry Bird (@BostonJerry) June 27, 2017Jason Chaffetz wants a housing  stipend  for Congress, because I guess it s only called  welfare  when you re black.https://t.co/MFfGvlyb2Y  Jack Moore (@JackPMoore) June 27, 2017Put aside how you feel about Chaffetz, I know really great leaders who didn t run for Congress because of housing $ https://t.co/FZeJK0uzYK  Yashar Ali (@yashar) June 27, 2017When we get a housing stipend, you do too, Chaffetz. And by we, I mean the whole of the people of the United States. https://t.co/n0dPhpnorW  LTrotsky 21stCentury (@LTrotsky21) June 27, 2017Just what people making $174K PLUS annually need must be to cover those higher premiums under #Deathcare https://t.co/XoG8DvEcty  RC deWinter (@RCdeWinter) June 27, 2017If we were not living in a post-Reagan time, a time when for the last 40 years, Americans have been told that we have to tighten our belts while we wait for the riches to finally trickle down upon us, this might not be as ridiculous a request. Personally, I like the idea of people who have the education and intelligence to be worth a lot of money representing us, but Chaffetz is not one of those people. Besides, it s been a very long time since Republicans actually worked for the people. Once they start doing that, perhaps we d be willing to give them a raise.Featured image via Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.