Are you for real? That is not what minimum wage is - you don't just set the level once and then forget about it forever. The UK has managed to have minimum wage

Are you for real? That is not what minimum wage is - you don't just set the level once and then forget about it forever. The UK has managed to have minimum wage for decades, increasing more-or-less in line with inflation every year. Edit: ... furthermore at least this way you get some kind of increase. As inflation makes its steady march do you think the fast-food industry (or the service industry overall) have kept up?