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Does the minimum wage need to keep up with the cost of living?
No, there is no absolute economic "need" for the minimum wage to automatically track the cost of living in every circumstance, but there are strong practical, equity, and historical arguments that it should roughly keep pace (or be designed to do so) to fulfill its core purpose of protecting low-wage workers' purchasing power and reducing poverty. The issue involves trade-offs, regional variation,