Huh? No, I'm saying that a billionaire may have lost all their investments, but chances are they will never be so poor as to become one of the traveling poor wh

Huh? No, I'm saying that a billionaire may have lost all their investments, but chances are they will never be so poor as to become one of the traveling poor when they are old. The crash in 2008 didn't just wipe out investments, tons of poor Americans had no investments anyway. The crash took out people's livelihoods, their jobs and homes. And without health insurance, they tend to ignore health problems that gradually become more expensive problems that can also wipe them out. They are too poor and too old to recover from these types of loss, and the government benefits they are entitled are not enough to keep them homed and healthy. The rich who lost money in the stock market will never in their lives have to consider these issues, and frankly I'm shocked at how often this stuff seems to fly over the heads of people on this website.