When your only skill is something that most Americans learn in HS (drivers licence), then you cannot really expect to earn more than minimum wage, which will ne

When your only skill is something that most Americans learn in HS (drivers licence), then you cannot really expect to earn more than minimum wage, which will never be a "decent" wage, almost by definition. Uber is also going to run into the issue that if they want to charge much more than they do now, it is often more sensible to use some other means of transportation because it will be too expensive and, well, people can trivially do the work themselves.