The concept of a fair wage for a fair job is not generally understood any more. Prices for everything are calculated at what the market will pay.
Of course. Why blame prossies who try to maximise their income by charging more, or to work less for the same income?
Wouldn't you do the same if you could? I know I would!
I was lucky enough to get a big pay raise to accept my current job. Should I have said : ah, no, that's too much, I believe a fair wage would be lower? Fuck that, I said: if that's what the market will pay, so be it!
There are plumbers in Chelsea who can charge £160 to £200 per hour depending on the time of the day. A plumber in Chelmsford charges much less but requires the same qualifications. If you were a plumber in Chelsea, would you refuse those jobs? Would you say : no, thanks, I cannot be making more than a neurosurgeon who actually saves lives while all I do is unblock your toilet from your crap?
Some of the vitriol on this forum against prossies that charge high rates is hard to understand. I don't pay those prices, I simply move on and look for other WGs in my price range, without making a big fuss out of it.