Low paid work in some countries may be fine - but in the United States it means that you won&#x27;t have access to a high quality of health care and will not have quality legal representation (which is important, because if you are impoverished, you are more likely to be imprisoned); hell - you might even have trouble posting bail.<p>You will have difficultly securing quality education for your children, either because you can&#x27;t afford private schools, or because you can&#x27;t afford to live in a location where the public schools are of high quality.<p>You also are likely to be living pay-check to pay-check (sometimes even less, with pay-check lenders taking their vig), and only a small health-emergency away from becoming bankrupt, and quite possibly homeless.<p>So, no - I think there&#x27;s a lot wrong with people doing low paid work.  It might be okay for the young, or students, or the retired, but for most adults, low-paid menial work on a prolonged basis in the United States is a financial and personal disaster.<p>As long as that US system of inequality exists, I suggest we work hard to automate, eliminate, and as quickly as possible banish labor for adults that won&#x27;t secure them a reasonable living for them and their household.  Educate, Train, and move them up the feeding chain to something more sustainable.