“Dude. Quit. Buy a hotdog cart. Make a couple of bucks. Be happy.”
It’s not that easy.
Making a good living can trap a man like poverty. He probably could not see any way out of the trap he was in.
Sure, but you can escape the good living trap by fleeing into poverty. The only thing preventing that is ego and pride. You'd still have your family and your life. This maggot left his family to deal with the financial trap without the benefit of his income.