Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
Your belief has no basis on fact. Food prices are incredibly elastic, because there are readily available alternatives in terms of both venues and other food products.
Your objection has no basis in the reality that minimum wage laws could and would influence prices at all those alternative venues as well as all alternative food products that are bought from grocery stores, never mind that the cost--wrt time and effort--for home-cooking would still be insurmountable. McDonald's doesn't just sell "food"--it sells "McDonald's", an experience that consists of a particular kind of convenience, a particular kind of food, a particular set of flavours, a particularly appealing brand, etc.