Writing and Get A Freelancer

I am signed up over at Get A Freelancer, Elance, SoloGig, few other spots it seems like.
So everyday I get multiple emails in my Writing category.
Budgets are $30 to $150
The buyer states the rate is a Dollar an Article (500 Words), which is high as an average over there.
So that equates to a Penny every 5 Words
Back in High School, I graduated in '81, the word rate for magazines was like 2 Cents a Word.
So for quality articles, no plagarism, etc, I can expect to make
1 Penny per 5 Words compared to 2 Pennies per 1 Word = 10 Cents per 5 Words.
So one tenth 1/10 of what I dreamt of making as a writer 27 some years ago.

So how does that make us writers feel. This cannot help out the overall industry.
Any comments?