> "What you are claiming is the entire industry is breaking the law" No, that's not what I'm claiming. I'm claiming that 'minimum wage' does not necessarily me

> "What you are claiming is the entire industry is breaking the law" No, that's not what I'm claiming. I'm claiming that 'minimum wage' does not necessarily mean 'living wage', and it is a lack of a living wage which increases the social pressure to tip. If all employees in the US were paid a living wage then the need to tip would decrease.