[pnh102]

What do you think restaurant owners in the US will do to their prices if, instead of half of minimum wage, they now had to pay all their waitstaff enough in wages to attract good workers?

They would raise them of course. But restaurant customers already pay more as a result of tipping. If the raised prices were comparable to the existing price and tips, there would be no difference.

[Trailerpark Badass]

They would raise them of course. But restaurant customers already pay more as a result of tipping. If the raised prices were comparable to the existing price and tips, there would be no difference.

So, the price would be the same, but the service would be worse.

Sounds like a European solution, but, again, you seem to lack faith in the marketplace, along with some Canadians and other Commonwealth subjects.