RichardStallman says on http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/stallman-kth.html""

There's a big difference between just making a living wage and making the kind of money programmers, at least in the US make nowadays. They always say: "How will I eat?", but the problem is not really how "Will he eat?", but "How will he eat sushi?"

See also FrozenFood, SocialCapitalism.