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2021 was a year of runaway inflation in the U.S. If you lived on the minimum wage, it was hard to keep up with rising costs. However, help is on the way. Nearly half of U.S. states are bumping their minimum wages higher in 2022, according to a roundup from Paycor, a company that creates HR software. Some of these states are gradually raising their minimum wage over a period of years with the goal…