> I'd love to see someone open a McDonalds-like fast food restaurant that paid $20 or $25 per hour, plus decent benefits, and make a profit. If it were possible

> I'd love to see someone open a McDonalds-like fast food restaurant that paid $20 or $25 per hour, plus decent benefits, and make a profit. If it were possible to do, why can't anyone do it? I can almost see that working as a novelty restaurant. Kind of a trendy, high end fast food place with high quality food and really expensive prices, where you can go and tell your friends it's a good place because they pay decent wages. But it'll never over take Burger King and McDonalds. People eating at McDonalds want fast and cheap more than they want fair wages for fast food employees.