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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lynnfredricks" data-source="post: 7659286" data-attributes="member: 91695">I think you are clearly identifying a philosophical difference in society that goes beyond this tiny market - between these perspectives of value of product and value of labor.The value of a product is determined by what people are willing to pay (yes, its more complicated than that when you look at values of IP); availability of data and experience help to set our expectations of what the market will produce. From that, you establish a budget.If the labor is available, and the workers are willing to work for it even if its very little money, you have a metric that works, just not to the satisfaction of everyone involved. That satisfaction can often be increased by moving your labor to a market where the money is more attractive. I don't see satisfaction going anywhere if the only solution is not to have a project at all.If you have a notion that everyone must work based on a rate of earning a living wage because they intrinsically deserve it, then you are espousing a philosophy. That's something that is not specific to this little niche market.</blockquote>