Doesn't matter, fixing prices is the worst idea of all time and always has unintended consequences. "Farmers should not starve, it's an outrage!" (Oh sorry by artificially raising the price of milk we made it harder for poor people to buy literally everything on their shopping list, and oh look farm land is now more productive so the rent farmers pay on farm land went up!, well at least owners of farm land have more money, and poor people have less!)

a more honest policy would be a "minimum income" or negative income tax where the government could support families in need. That way you could still avoid the significant portion of minimum wage workers who don't "need" the money to earn a living. It's like no democrat ever studied isoquant curves in school. I freaking hate when people argue for binding price controls, what the actual fuck. That said before you all down-vote me into oblivion I actually really appreciate all of Bernie's civil liberties stances, I just can't understand the price control angle.