I've been on SL for three weeks now, and found camping chairs pretty quickly. My first thought was that sitting on your bum in a chair doing absolutely nothing, and earning $12-$18 an hour for it, is exactly like working in the civil service. Maybe its a British thing, but substitute any mundane, soul-destroying office job and you get the picture.
Some of us, myself included, have no artistic skill and no skill in coding. I am no more capable of building objects/animations/clothes, in SL as I am of doing the same in first-life. I'm fortunate enough to have just enough money in first-life to buy on the Lindex. My partner joined up at the same time as myself, unfortunately he's not so financially solvent so he can't get a premium account or buy on the Lindex. Currently, he's getting by on handouts from me, and from the camping chairs. I suspect that without the camping chairs giving him at least some L$, he would get very little enjoyment out of SL. I've seen only two other alternative ways of earning money in SL: being a nightclub dancer or DJ, or being an "escort". *coughs*
If the camping chairs are removed, there needs to be an alternative to replace it: more varied opportunities for employemt within SL - different ways to earn L$ without coughing up US$ for those of us who aren't technically gifted enough to make items that we can sell. No economy can be self-sufficient on such a limited range of employment opportunity.