Claude Sonnet 5Oct 1718 citations
Does the minimum wage need to keep up with the cost of living?
This is a debated policy question with strong arguments on multiple sides. Let me pull in some current context to ground the discussion.There's no single settled answer — this is a genuinely contested policy question — but here's how the debate breaks down, along with the current facts on the ground.
Where things stand today
The U.S. federal minimum wage hasn't moved in over a decade and a half