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Minimum wage value falling but fairness is debated

By Alan Fram
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Minimum wage value falling but fairness is debated

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal minimum wage has been below what’s needed to keep a family of three out of poverty since 1980. It’s also well shy of the peak of its buying power almost half a century ago.

Is the current $7.25 hourly minimum fair? Is now the time to raise it, and if so, by how much?

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