LANSING – Small Business Association of Michigan staff and leaders closely monitored the legislative negotiation process and weighed in repeatedly with our strong policy in opposition to any minimum wage hike.
?Yesterday?s legislative action, while not ideal, at least avoids the most serious economic fallout and job loss guaranteed to occur if the Raise Michigan ballot proposal had been enacted. It appears today that the legislature?s action now renders the petition drive moot and avoids a costly and divisive fight leading up to this fall?s elections,? SBAM said in a press release.
?Recognizing that government sets the state minimum wage, SBAM has sought that the wage be set in a way that, at the very least, is economically rational. Compared to the minimum wage ballot petition, yesterday?s legislative action is the lesser of two evils.?
