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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”

By raising minimum wage, Connecticut admits failure

By CHRIS POWELL Governor Lamont, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz, and state Labor Commissioner Dante Bartolomeo last week announced gleefully that Connecticut’s minimum wage will increase on Jan. 1 by 3.6%, from $16.35 to $16.94 per hour, being tied by state law to the federal employment cost index. The justifications they offered were not persuasive. Indeed,Continue reading “By raising minimum wage, Connecticut admits failure”