Create a question based on the following: However, despite the contribution of labor to the creation of surplus value, Marx pointed out that the providers of labor usually receive very little for their effort, they are usually paid no more than a substantial wage, which enables them to buy only the bare necessities of life. This ensures that they have to spend a substantial portion of their life at work in order to earn a living. Meanwhile, most of the surplus value created by the business activity, goes to the owners of the business. The result of this is that business owners get richer while their employees are locked in poverty