Do you ever feel like a wage slave?
Totally. Wage slavery has a lot of negative connotations, drawing lines between wage labor and slavery. 
I consider one a wage slave when you are not paid enough to live on
Due to the flexible nature of what "needs"means, funnily enough there isn't any universally accepted measure of a living wage?
I think I would define it as decent basic housing, healthy food, basic clothing, medical care as needed and transportation
Food desert
A food desert is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food, in contrast with an area with higher access to supermarkets or vegetable shops with fresh foods, which is called a food oasis. The designation considers the type and quality of food available to the population, in addition to the accessibility of the food through the size and proximity of the food stores.
In 2010, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported that 23.5 million Americans live in "food deserts",
deprivation – although economically rational slave-owners practiced positive reinforcement to achieve best results and before losing their investment by killing an expensive slave.
3. Historically, the range of occupations and status positions held by chattel slaves has been nearly as broad as that held by free persons, indicating some similarities between chattel slavery and wage slavery as well.
4. Like chattel slavery, wage slavery does not stem from some immutable "human nature", but represents a "specific response to material and historical conditions" that "