[mmmpop]

Well, if I were the first person and my income stream disappeared, I'm now a hell of a lot better off than the person who has $20,000 in debt and also loses their income stream. Not to mention the costs of servicing that shitload of debt.

So idk if that's going to be your best choice of analogy here.

[pwinnski]

Instead of a person, then, call it ten people at different companies, so that all ten won't lose their jobs at once barring an event so catastrophic money will be meaningless.

The point is, absolute numbers aren't nearly as relevant as per GDP numbers.