Some older folks are getting ripped off by monopoly phone companies who still charge for leased telephones that date back more than 20 years. According to the Chicago Tribune, 750,000 households nationwide are still being billed for these leased phones, which probably don’t exist in the homes anymore. In addition, AT&T has been ripping off widows who leased these phones years ago and are still paying a monthly fee for them. Before the telephone companies broke up in 1983, people paid to lease telephones. Most of them were rotary phones that are obsolete now so most people have bought new phones. But some older people are still paying AT&T, BellSouth, Verizon and Qwest to rent a telephone they no longer use. If your parents are still living in the same house they did in 1983, check their phone bill for this charge and get it removed. Telephones cost a pittance these days. And for the companies still charging this bogus fee, Clark thinks you should be ashamed of yourselves.