There&#x27;s a flip side to your argument.  If I&#x27;m doing a job for close to 0&#x2F;hr then if the job becomes crap or my manager is abusive then there is nothing keeping me there.<p>This means that in the overall collective environment jobs that are undesirable (garbage collecting is the normal example) will actually pay more than something like being an political intern.  But people could do both of these jobs and still have money for housing&#x2F;food&#x2F;etc.