""The harder you work, the more you pay. How does that make sense?" Micciche asked"  

Can you imagine the reaction if a national politician said that?  For me personally, the hardest jobs I ever had were all low paying jobs.  I did landscaping in summers while going through college and earned $5 an hour or whatever minimum wage was then, and it was hard work.  I picked raspberries as a kid for I think it was $1.70 per flat.  Later with advanced degrees I make way, way more and the work is not *nearly* as physically demanding.  Micciche's quote sounds like the kind of thing we might tell ourselves to justify a high wage, but don't fall for it.  Lots of people work their butts off and hardly make any $$ for it.