Pretty abhorrent situation we are in.<p>I think it's going to be pretty hard for these (majority of) people to do much with their lives other than struggle as hard as they can to hang on to what little they have. I doubt they have so much time to spare for "being alive" or creativity, or starting new businesses. I expect that most of these people are being worked to death by the stress of the situation, also.<p>If the stats are this bad, it means we're in a nation of wage slaves who couldn't possibly consider leaving behind whatever income source they have, even temporarily. This is what our society has been engineered for. Meanwhile, billionaires are richer than ever and don't seem to agree with changing things.<p>There will be violence if things get worse for large populations of people.<p>Sounds like we've got to do something about this economic inequality, eh?