It's always sort of amusing when conservatives point to the presence of such high end luxury gadgets as television sets and DVD players (real or imagined) as evidence that poor people are living large.
Once upon a time television sets were quite expensive. Once upon a time DVD players were quite expensive. They aren't anymore. You can get a DVD player for about the cost of a DVD these days and a nice 19" color TV for a hundred bucks. A similiar TV cost about $500 in 1980, which is about $1150 adjusting for inflation.
That doesn't even take into account the fact that you can pick them up for practically nothing at any yard sale, or frequently for nothing as people leave their old working ones out as trash.
It's lovely that poor people can afford some of the gadgets the rest of us have, and we can consider that some small improvement in quality of life. But it's not evidence that they're well off or irresponsible with what little money they do have.
TVs are cheap.
