Business owner who reached out to me first refused to consider my application because I raised my hourly rate by $1 an hour

Yes, it's as stupid as it sounds. Context, I'm a Philippine based freelance content writer. As we are considered to be cheap labor, apparently any cent over $1,000 a month is too much lol. Advice to business owners out there. If you can't afford to hire people locally, maybe you're not fit to run the business at all. Goddamn cheapskates