Sure, let's assume that is true now (I don't know and not on me to check really), but if half of consumption disappears, where will the earners earn from to con

Sure, let's assume that is true now (I don't know and not on me to check really), but if half of consumption disappears, where will the earners earn from to continue that cycle? What if people stop paying their mortgages? Textbook recession where everyone is affected. "Capital investments" are not a magic money source if the economy is tanked.