Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) made a serious blunder that should concern the entire entrepreneurial community when he said on CNN Tuesday that “rather than getting that new iPhone that [people] just love … maybe they should invest in their own health care.”
He was on TV to defend the Republicans’ newly rolled out alternative to the Affordable Care Act. Instead he put his foot in his mouth and in doing so posited a gross misconception that owning a smartphone in today’s digital economy is, somehow, a luxury.
