I read the article and the suggestion I got from it is that there is no real present alternatives… > But what's getting them to the threshold in the first plac

I read the article and the suggestion I got from it is that there is no real present alternatives… > But what's getting them to the threshold in the first place is a damaged economy, and harmful public policy that has forced millions of people to look to odd jobs for sustenance. Then again, it's hard to "make it" in general, and when one isn't the one designing/building the systems that people live by, you're most likely not going to be "making it".