My dad went through basic training back in the early 60s with a guy that waited tables at Tavern on the Green (he got drafted). This guy said he actually had to pay 10% of his tips to the restaurant for the privilege of working there and still had an apartment overlooking Central Park and a shiny new Porsche.

The free market works just fine. Distortions like the minimum wage do nothing but create perverse incentives and make the market less efficient.

People need to read less Marx and Engels and more Hayek and von Mesis.