Comment by yummyfajitas

75% of poor Americans own at least 1 car, and 45% own their own home. Most poor people have copious amounts of free time; only a fraction work.

http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/h150-07.pdf

Of course, this is tangential to curun1r's claim, which is that somehow an inability for consumers to purchase new technologies would hinder innovation.