$15/hour is too much, and too little at the same time.  Minimum wage should stay the same, and a cost of living index allotted depending on where you live and how much it costs to live there.  The cost of living index should be mandated by the government based on real evidence.  For some larger employers this may entice them to move to lower cost of living communities allowing for the de-densification of some areas that have too many people and substantially boosting the population in dying communities.  Further, kids who are still in high school and living at home, do not need $15/hour, but the increase minimum wage may put any potential for a job at risk. Typical government always looking for the easy answer, which never makes anything right.