It's not unheard of, in certain developing countries, for people to pay up to 20 percent of their yearly income in order to have a cell phone.

The cell phone is a technology that meshed perfectly with public demand. People like to talk, and cell phones let them do it from anywhere.

It is enough to cause a pause.

The income tax is a slave tax,

That means more disposable income, which results in more visits to restaurants and more restaurant sales.

They didn't want 'those people' coming into Hancock Park, low-income people. The Hancock Park people clearly were making their opposition known to Henry Waxman.