Ridiculous Online Writing Fee

I am a longtime writer who isn't writing so much these days. I love blogging, but I would love to try to make some money online from my writing, so I have checked into some online freelance writing sites. I have not won any assignments so far, so I probably need to amp up my bids. But some of the requests for writers are just ridiculous. Someone was looking for a writer who would rewrite a 1,000 word article for $8. How ridiculous. A writer commented on it saying that fee was ridiculous, and the offeror had the nerve to defend it.