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    the cost of labor has gone up, because the worker needs more money to support a home. Companies who complain just don’t want to pay full price. If a drought increases the price of wheat, Kellogg’s still has to pay the higher wheat cost because the price stays fixed (adjusted daily) across a regulated market, labor just lacks the same protections and lobbying that things like wheat, beef and dairy get