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Old 10-21-2011, 06:16 PM   #11
Clodfobble
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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
Why should poor people own iPhones and why would that even be a goal?
It's not, and they shouldn't. The point is, poor people today don't generally own iPhones, just like poor people in the 70s didn't own TVs. Stoessel was trying to equate television ownership in the 70s to television ownership today, and the two are not equal comparisons. Poor people today own TVs because you can get one for $10 at the pawn shop. You can't, however, get an iPhone for that price, just like you couldn't get a TV for that little back in the 70s.
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