Poor families like that are probably doing shift work spread across the day, so only a third of them are trying to get into town at any given time (and another

Poor families like that are probably doing shift work spread across the day, so only a third of them are trying to get into town at any given time (and another third is coming back). Also, just from a practical standpoint, telling some people "your jobs won't disappear... other people will have them!" is, uh, problematic. At best.