So is your issue with the American minimum wage then?

Not at all, its specifically about the tipping culture that businesses have become spoiled with. Having customers pay employee wages instead of the business. As I said, the things you listed are the cost of doing business, and that in other countries, labor is part of the cost as well. In the US, companies have gotten way too accustomed to paying next to nothing for wait staff.

The living wage was in relation to what servers make in most other countries that I'm aware of, along with first hand experience while traveling.

I'm not sure why the Macaroni Grille is on the hook for it lol.

Who said they were on the hook for it? I said companies have gotten spoiled pushing their cost of doing business onto their customers, that the US seemed to be an outlier in this respect, and that from my experience, other countries pay reasonable salaries but often offered better service as well.

The comment I originally responded to said "Why do people constantly quote the server wage as if that was all they got? "

This was a response to "I worked for macaroni grill once back in the late 90s. They had insane requirements and expectations for the wait staff. For $2.13 an hour in pay with no benefits."

In short, companies have high demands, pay next to nothing, and that it seems to be a problem largely in the US, and for no apparent benefit to anyone but the companies. Unless you work in a high end or mid-high end place, it doesn't work out well for staff or customers when compared to the more common practice.