[dsfyu404ed]

>The act of simply existing is very expensive in the USA

Someone who lives a lifestyle one typically associates with someone who's employment can be describes as "own office, secretaries and assistants, along with titles like “director” that spoke to her decades of experience" will become impoverished if they lose and do not quickly replace that job on any continent. It's not just a US thing.

[AnimalMuppet]

But it's a choice to live that lifestyle. Doing so is implicitly assuming that you will always have that income level - which is rather unwise to assume.