Answer:
A bad economy affects everyone rich and poor. But those more vulnerable are the poor, workers that struggle to pay taxes, bills, and goods. Imagine that your monthly payment doesn't allow you to live with dignity, then government bad decision incur in a bad economy.
The inflation would be your worse enemy, before the bad period you were struggling, now the same money allows you to only buy have of the products. At the end, you are going to be working to only buy food, and then nothing.