The cost of living in Costa Rica is much less??? Ok lets do the math-the banana hauler gets $1.00 an hour and works 12 hours per day say 6 days a week x 52 weeks (no vacation or time off) =$3,744 a year pre tax. IT must be VERY cheap.

As for tips and bonuses not being the same....If I have a job on wall street and get paid a salary of $400K shouldnt that be enough compensation? Why should they get $10M bonuses too.
A tip is recognition of a job well done--a bonus should be the tied to performance. The rich get richer the poor get poorer.