hmmm...i present a different angle here...
being from the Philippines where our peso is waaaaaaaay too low against the dollar... we can make a living out of hyips and autosurf earnings...
To put in perspective: Filipino meals consist of lots of rice (

yup, that is our staple food), viand (meat, poultry, fish dishes with some veggie menu) and fruits as dessert. A sack of rice for a family of three could last for a month. The best quality could be had at P1500 which is roughly around $29.00 (Peso dollar rate at 1:52 today). Mangoes (fruit, dessert) are $1.75 a kilogram (2.2 lb). Bananas at $5 (first class, A WHOLE BUNCH!!!). First class seafoods like seabass ($10per kg), oyster ($2 per kg), angelwing clams ($4/kg), bluecrabs and swordfish could be bought at much lower price in rural areas...but Manila price is kinda prohibitive but still around $12/kg.
A low rank office worker here rates around $250/month.
Now, an autosurfer like myself could earn a modest $30 a day from just one autosurf...for a total of $900 a month... soooo much higher than the one who wakes up early to commute to work and risk being fired any day...