So of course all these people will want to live off Govt transfer payments rather than starve. They will live off welfare of various kinds and supplement that with off the books work and petty crime like drug dealing
In my opinion, if the regulations on minimum wage and employment were eliminated, a lot of small jobs would come back. Instead of my family mowing the lawn, I would have a small jobber mow the lawn, because I sure cannot afford the 90 dollar mowings by the local landscaper who has an enormous regulatory burden to meet.
During the Great Depression one of the slogans to lift us out of it was “Hire your neighbor”