Originally Posted by Grapesoda

?It?s what we need. We?re not trying to make the Forbes list or anything,? said Cheikh Tall, 20, who was protesting at a Wendy?s near Pennsylvania Station. Tall, who has worked in fast food for four years, makes $7.50 an hour and uses it to support himself, his brother and his mother, both of whom have recently been laid off.

It?s true that wages have not always kept pace with inflation, and that cities such as New York are extremely expensive places to live.