They don't want people who are smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and figure out how badly they're getting screwed.

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US LEGAL resident alien, WWG1WGA, Out of Darkness into Light. Tallyho!!

In response Chicken Little to her Publication

Yup, the art of conversation, and making family ties are created around the table... they want us distracted, first by the TV, then the phone.