 should michigan s minimum wage be raised from 740 to 1000 by 2015  yes no undecided the market should determine wages each businesss knows what wage is appropriate in it s locale for what the job entails and what other similar businesses are paying etc the government doesn t have experitise in this area and should stay out of it minimum wage during my career i have worked for less than minimum wage at times in the past but i was accumulating skills that i believe benefited myself and my future employers i now earn considerably more than minimum wage but i earned it it was not given to me now every time the minimum wage is artificially increased it is a direct dilution of the wage that i have earned this country cannot afford more people with no jobs because their skills do not equal the cost to hire them they do not have the opportunity to learn the job skills needed to be productive workers minimum wage laws just compound and increase the cost of living problem for every one but especially those people who do have the lower paying jobs it is just a vicious cycle that hurts the people the most that it is supposed to be helping minimum wage increase let s wait and see what the economy for small businesses is in 2015anticipation of better times to come can put small businesses out of business in the meantime  