No, it cost me vacation/sick time. It's annoying, but at least I have a job that I can accrue paid time off and not have to go with out pay. That $12/day wouldn't even pay for meals during the day. And all prospective jurors were asked if serving would hurt them financially. Two teachers were dismissed when they revealed the difficulty of finding substitutes for two weeks.
Also, when they asked if time away from work would be a problem, I said "no," and it wasn't--in February. If I had been called in Nov/Dec, it would have been a problem since that's our busy season and we were already down seven staffers (out of about 35).
No matter where you live, you take the positive with the negative. If you don't like it, move somewhere where your positives outnumber your negatives. I think our two party political system sucks, but I prefer to live here in spite of stupid politicians (of both parties).
Ha! I was Juror #7 when I served!