I think there’s some merit in what you say, I’m just not sure we would agree on how to define “…large number of restaurant owners…” This is completely anecdota

I think there’s some merit in what you say, I’m just not sure we would agree on how to define “…large number of restaurant owners…” This is completely anecdotal, but I know three different restaurant owners and all three of them live very very comfortably. Again, that’s just anecdotal so probably not worth much. While I don’t think anyone would suggest that a restaurant owner should live in poverty, at the same time I don’t think we would suggest a restaurant worker should be poverty levels of poor to ensure the owner lives the high life. If a business cant supply both its owner and workers a livable wage, then we should expect the business to go under rather than expect (or demand) the workers descend into poverty.