So here's an idea that Governor Romney and I actually agreed on last year - let's tie the minimum wage to the cost of living, so that it finally becomes a wage you can live on.

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He mentioned his 2012 opponent, Mitt Romney, and said we should try his idea of tying the minimum wage to the cost of living.

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The AP notes that Romney has supported cost-of-living minimum wage increases for a decade.

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Most of Malawi's estimated 120, 000 civil servants - including teachers and immigration officers - are on strike demanding wage increases to counter the rising cost of living, our correspondent says.

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The Living Wage is calculated according to the basic cost of living in the UK. Employers choose to pay it on a voluntary basis.

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Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have minimum wages above the federal level, and 10 states index their minimum wage to inflation to automatically rise with the cost of living.

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There was a brief wage freeze, but since then she says her pay packet has kept up with the rising cost of living.

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