The flip side of this coin is when pundits go on the teevee and say that poverty isn't really that bad because poor people have refrigerators and Playstations.

The flip side of this coin is when pundits go on the teevee and say that poverty isn't really that bad because poor people have refrigerators and Playstations. Missing the point, deliberately. It's true: we live in a world where many consumer items have become so cheap relative to income that almost anyone can afford a few things. While decent food, education, rent, health care, and the like are expensive.