Inch up north to the Scandinavian countries (Norway, Denmark) where the minimum wage is $15 an hour but a Christmas turkey or a leg of ham will set you back a couple hundred dollars, and it's a liberal mecca.
Try buying a beer, sometime.
Sticker shock.
All taxes.
There are "slot machines" in the shopping malls.
Proceeds go to "health care".
I won a few Kroner one time.
Cousin was shocked that I kept it.