[Sandreckoner]

"As for someone earning $27 an hour to do what appears to you to be "no-talent" work, what are you comparing it to? And what qualifies you to judge the matter?"

It doesn't really matter if someone is "qualified" to judge whether work performed at $27 per hour is worth it. What matters is whether that $27-per-hour worker is pricing his employer's goods out of the market.

[gas0linealley]

What matters is whether that $27-per-hour worker is pricing his employer's goods out of the market.

What market are you talking about? The market that is flourishing because even the "untalented" have money to spend?

[hinckley buzzard]

What matters is whether that $27-per-hour worker is pricing his employer's goods out of the market.

He sure did a number on the steel industry back in the 70's and 80's. Ask the average LTV retiree how he likes his pension these days.