Have you tried living today on the wages that people won't accept today?

You can try it even without working at McDonalds or changing your employment at all! You seem pretty smart though so I'll leave that to you to figure out how.

You also don't need to refuse any money. You're almost there.

I sit in the top 8% of US earners last I checked. It's really not hard to be me. I'm just cognizant of the unfairness of the system.