Low wages in the food services industry are dictated not solely by the economy, but also by cultural perceptions and prejudices about 'flipping burgers,' as they call it in the U.S., that have accrued over the last few decades.
There are people who still believe that citizens have the right to limited trust in the government and can check up on the authorities whenever they feel like it.
The country is faring surprisingly well, especially to viewers of the right-wing, propagandistic TV station Fox News, who cannot rule out the possibility that the man whom they have held in such contempt is gradually getting the country out of stagnation