Earlier this month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that his labor commissioner would “impanel a Wage Board to recommend what adequate wages should be” in the fast food industry. The Democrat followed up with an error-laden op-ed in the New York Times, targeting the quick service industry as the latest patient in need of government intervention.

Cuomo more or less ignored all arguments in favor of letting the market set fast-food wages — that the industry gives millions of young workers an opportunity to enter the job market; that the service industry provides a career path to countless workers who may not have advanced degrees or skills training.