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POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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Michigan State Senator Bert Johnson recently introduced Senate Bill No. 1177, that would increase Michigan's minimum wage from the current $7.40 per hour to $10 per hour by January 1, 2015 and then index the minimum wage to inflation. The senator asserts that &quot;a better minimum wage improves standards of living; stimulates consumption, and therefore job creation; and decreases the need for governmental assistance.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">&quot;</span><br />
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Opponents say if the government attempts to mandate a wage, it will result in greater unemployment. The only question, is how much unemployment there will be? And who will be the people who become unemployed? Increasing the minimum wage by itself will not make any workers more productive. So when the minimum wage gets to $10 per hour, then all those workers who today are employed and producing between $7.40 per hour and $10 per hour will no longer be able to find work or will be laid off because business operate on comparatively fixed revenues.<br />
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The bad part about the minimum wage is that the people who lose the most are those who are at the bottom of the socio-economic ladder. <br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should Michigan's minimum wage be raised from $7.40 to $10.00 by 2015?<br />
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