It is a dream to achieve financial freedom.
Many people have their sole source of income as wages.
When economy is down, there is this constant fear of losing their jobs and the need to re-adjust their lifestyles. More often than not, this turns out to be a bad experience. Now there are opportunities to have more than one source of income. There are many money making opportunities available. People lose faith and even consider the whole thing as a scam, as there is absolutely no way to ensure continuity for those sincere participants at all.