Monetize me!

Some of us spend an incredible amount of time working hard and yet don't see any good money for it. It doesn't matter if we deliver outstanding quality, if many people appreciate it but none is willing to justly pay for it. That's the problem of these ages and the curse of intellectual property! All precious resources have become free; consider this, everything internet, like Google, FB, Twitter, Wikipedia, etc. In fact, herein lies the essence of our problem, we've become too good to be paid. Seems to me that if we must seriously monetize ourselves (or better yet, get a Federal bailout, like AIG or GM,) we ought to start slipping into questionable behavior or good old mediocrity; more about that fascinating subject very soon!