Diana Furchtgott-Roth, who was the former chief economist of the Department of Labor, and currently director of Economics21 and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, was the writer of this article I read. In her article she talked about the city of Seattle, WA raising the state's minimum wage to $15.00. Living in Pennsylvania with our minimum wage being roughly around $7.50/hour, seeing that other state's our raising minimum wage thrills me. For people who our without an education and can't maintain a decent job to survive, $15.00 makes a steep difference than $7.50 an hour would. But there are some faults with raising minimum wage. Companies will demand more skilled workers to hold these low-level positions, and rather than hiring a inexperienced worker, they will seek applicants who know what they're doing. Now, the people of Seattle might have a hard time finding or maintaining a job if they do not have the experience the company is looking for. Furchgott-Roth states in her article multiple times "What about Seattle’s young and low-skilled workers, who might want summer jobs?" She raises a good point there. Furchgott-Roth writes that the lower-class of Seattle will be unlucky with finding a new job that "Perhaps they will go to Texas for the summer.", considering that the median wage between Seattle and Texas is a $12 dollar difference. With Seattle's median wage being $22.43 and Texas' being $10.81.
At first this article interested me because when reading the title my first reaction was excitement knowing the lower class was going to start getting paid more. After reading this article however, I do see that there are flaws with this plan. But I believe these flaws could be fixed. From my understanding, the companies are becoming more strict on hiring new applicants, and instead of training someone inexperienced they would rather hire experienced. Companies of Seattle should hire new inexperienced applicants to allow them the state minimum wage of $15.00 instead of discriminating.