Econ 101 is &quot;look at what happened in Australia&quot;. The commenter addresses that actually but his response is really lame. &quot;Things are just different there&quot;. Uh huh.<p>Actually this <i>is</i> pretty much a model for what would happen to McDonalds in the US:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.businessinsider.com&#x2F;mcdonalds-in-australia-vs-america-2015-5?r=US&amp;IR=T" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;uk.businessinsider.com&#x2F;mcdonalds-in-australia-vs-amer...</a>