except the nodes payout mining stops at Phase 3 anybody that's hosting a node will we're still receive payments in pi although small it's still a payment

Also they don't have to work for a store they can create their own store and they could work for themselves that's always an option many people are going that route the question is are they going to wait till the last minute when there's more competition and they can't get their foot in the door
If we stopped worrying about how much pies going to be worth and how much cash we can get for it and started worrying about what kind of business and we can create that will generate pie in the future and continue the economy going we'd all be better off.