If it ever comes down to it we will give up cigarettes and use that $400 a month for cable TV but just hope it never gets that bad. My TV and internet will be the last things I will cut and mainly because both are same cable company. If need be my PS3, PS2 and all games will be sold before other things. this is what my kids would never do. I have been able to reduce my cell phone bill by half by making my kids get their own and disconnecting their numbers. I did away with my land line years ago in favor of cell phones. The way I look at things is "life sucks then you die",