Connecticut Voices for Children – Chris Powell column

Connecticut’s minimum wage increase indicates worsening poverty

By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut’s minimum wage, having been indexed to inflation since 2019, rose to $16.94 per hour this month and was celebrated by Governor Lamont and state Labor Commissioner Dante Bartolomeo. ‘Affordability’ doesn’t apply to cost of state employees Mayor panders to the mob, inviting more insurrection Minneapolis incident distracts from the big underlyingContinue reading “Connecticut’s minimum wage increase indicates worsening poverty”

Illegal immigration’s backers in Connecticut overlook its enormous costs

By Chris Powell Last week two groups supporting illegal immigration, Connecticut Voices for Children and the Immigration Research Initiative, issued a report warning that mass deportation of the state’s illegal immigrant population — estimated at as many as 150,000 people — would be disastrous for the state’s economy and state government. The report claimed that illegal immigrantsContinue reading “Illegal immigration’s backers in Connecticut overlook its enormous costs”