Short Fiction Clarification

Pursuant to these previous two posts, I feel there's a need for some clarification.

I am not saying:

1. don't try to get paid for your fiction because you'll never make a living at it
2. there isn't money to be made writing fiction

I am saying:

1. you might need/want some other motivation than money when writing short fiction
   
2. while the money may not be good, take it
3. never pay to be published; as people are wont to point out: money flows TOWARDS the author

My posts have been about genre fiction--where the money is not so great--and I've never specifically spelled that out. The reason for this is that's where my expertise lives. I realize that if you can make sales to Playboy, The New Yorker, Wired, Science, etc. you will likely get paid good money for it.

If you write short nonfiction, you will likely get paid very well for it. What's paid very well? Something along the lines of $1/word.