Because fast food restaurants have only ever existed in the US and we haven't had the data for what the cost difference between the US and those foreign country's (where they were paid significantly higher wages) menu items for decades at this point. Taking McDonalds for example the difference in a Big Mac price amounted to like a dollar more in those countries, of course that's from pre-Covid before greedflation kicked in and they realized they could just keep charging more and more. Also the minimum wage was always meant to be a living wage when it was conceived, and not just a wage you could subsist on but a solid wage.
Labor is labor, sure people should be paid more for a more technically challenging position, but if a job exists people should be adequately compensated for doing it. Not this bullshit where people work full time and still need to be on food stamps and shit.
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u/RugsbandShrugmyer 10d ago
"Okay two basic bitch burger combos...That'll be $47.50. please enjoy this mountain of french fried potatoes you'll never be able to finish"