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March 7, 2017 07:01 pm GMT
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Smartphones are only a luxury if you have money
Do you want healthcare or a smartphone?
That was the choice posited by Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz on Tuesday morning. His comments made it seem as though smartphones are an extravagance.
"Americans have choices," Chaffetz said. "So maybe rather than getting that new iPhone that they just love and they want to go spend hundreds of dollars on that, maybe they should invest in their own healthcare."
And before this devolves into partisan screaming, let's point out that former President Barack Obama once said something quite similar. Read more...
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