Then we make two wages, one we call minimum, the other we call living. That way it's easy to know if a place is offering a living wage or if it's just unimportant work.
I agree with you, the "unimportant" part was tongue in cheek. My point really is that if a person wants a job done for money, they need to either pay a living wage or admit that the work isn't important enough to pay for. There shouldn't be an in-between for people to take advantage of.