Now try this one. Let's say I've gone off the grid (I live on my sailboat, it's not too far from happening). Soon I will make all my own electric power from solar or wind. Why should the government then be able to force me to use only certain light bulbs WITH THE POWER I MAKE? I make some of my own power now. I buy some of my power. But the key thing is, I either make it myself, or purchase it myself. Mine. Once it hits my outlets, it's mine to do with as I please. Especially if I make the stuff.
Personally, I'm thrilled to have a tiny computer in my pocket. And if I could somehow dock it, run it off of AC power, and connect a keyboard, mouse and larger display to it (and possibly external data storage) I wager a modern Android phone would handle nearly all of my communication. A good cellphone with a decent dock could be a very useful tool. The next ten years of mobile phone evolution excites me to no great end.
To those who say the kid would have a copy of his email, that may not be so. I use yahoo mail for a lot of things, and have it set to not save a copy of the email in my sent folder. I'm sure I'm not the only person on earth who doesn't want the annoyance of a sent folder.
All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.