That's a straightforward, non-cynical thing to say just like 'what comes up must come down.' People don't seem to think so.
Anyone with $1,000 has the resources to stop any (or several) of a large number of unfortunate circumstances that they may encounter. $10,000 even more so. $100,000 should be years of runway along the same lines. So it makes sense that when everyone is riding an economy downward, the people with the least cushion get hurt the worst.
Anyone with $1,000 has the resources to stop any (or several) of a large number of unfortunate circumstances that they may encounter. $10,000 even more so. $100,000 should be years of runway along the same lines. So it makes sense that when everyone is riding an economy downward, the people with the least cushion get hurt the worst.