I've found that often in my life. When I was younger, I couldn't get a job because doing so was illegal at my young age. So, I looked at selling things, but that was illegal without a license far too expensive for me to afford. One can't even mine and farm their own resources if they can't get money, because someone seems to own every piece of land, as instituted by the government, and even if one "owns" land, one can't keep it without finding a way to get government money due to property tax, also meaning that in actuality, they don't really own it, but simply rent it from the government.