In fact, a raise in the minimum wage could harm families who work in lower skilled positions. Companies, who are now required to pay their unskilled employees a higher wage per hour, will indeed cut their costs as they see fit. “A cashier with few skills who, following the introduction of a high minimum wage, becomes permanently more expensive than a self-service checkout machine will have no such luck” (A Reckless Wager, 2015). Lower positions within a certain company or industry may be replaced in order to counter the cost that comes with a higher minimum wage. “There are folks who are confident that technology is going to lead to a bounty for all and make everyone better off. And there are other people who are very concerned that we’ll have a jobless future and a lot of people will be left in poverty” (Dubner, 2016). Better technology in the future could in fact take over many unskilled job