With how many gigs I get, and for what people, for how much money I charge. I would go broke in a year, and lose most of the cash I have earned.
I try not to charge cheaply, I'll usually say $300 for a very local gig for about 5-6 hours. And they try to talk me down, to $200 or so. I say no, no no no. But they keep insisting. Once they find out I am the cheapest around, usually about 100-200 dollars cheaper, they hire me.
If I didn't accept the lower prices. I would've lost 80% of the gigs around here that I did, and now have regulars with, because some people are that cheap.