[central_va]

Modern electronics and technology are actually making the average person/family poorer when compared to a family of 30 years ago. Between cable TV, cellular phone service, sky high costs for data access the monthly bills are way out of kilter with salary increases over the last 20-30 years.

30 years ago the average family/person did not have these bills - just a singular land line bill.

Technology is draining wealth from the proletariat.

[kiltie65]

“modern electronics and technology are actually making the average person/family poorer...”

So true. When all the technology we had was our land line phone, my phone bill was $11 per month, AND the family considered it a mortal sin to EVER use long distance, and the occasional times we had to, we always asked the operator for time and charges afterwards so we would know what to expect on the bill.

[RainMan]

This is true, however 30 years ago you were also likely to pay long distance charges to call the next county. There were years in the 80’s where my long distance bill was never less than $250/mo ... which in those times was extremely more expensive than the equivalent of a cell phone, cable tv or internet access in today’s dollars ... combined.