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Market forces are manipulated by the wealthy (usually) and they live like Kings and Queens while paying their workers a meager salary.

Market forces are entirely voluntary. In a real free market, those who aren't making enough would obtain the skill level necessary to better themselves on their own, and earn more money without the need for artifical controls or regulations that do more harm than good.

Nobody owes you anything, and nobody is forcing you to perform a job you find unsatisfactory.

I wish we could leave it up to market forces, but I just can't believe that McDonald's or Wal-Mart, etc... cannot afford to pay their workers more. I just can't believe that.

Most of the Wal-Mart and McDonald's workers are part-timers, kids in high school or college, or those using it as a 2nd job. If you consider Wal-Mart or McDonald's a lifetime career choice, then something is seriously wrong with you.

I hate to say this, but you are incredibly wrong in regards to... all aspects of that sentence. I've known people that did the 'work yourself up' at McD's... years ago, mind you. And I know that both corps encourage you to make a 'career' out of it. But the most common long-term worker I tend to run into at these locations tend to be mothers/fathers struggling to support a family. Often it is the only 'second job' they can find, and are attempting to work around their kids' schedule.