Live on every newscast, Malloy signs $10.10 minimum wage bill

The CTMirror ^ | March 28, 2014 | Mark Pazniokas

[Biggirl]

New Britain -- Precisely timed to attract live coverage Thursday at the top of three local 6 o'clock newscasts, a jubilant Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law a bill that makes Connecticut the first state to embrace President Obama's goal of a $10.10 minimum wage.

[EBH]

Regarding Minimum Wage:

“It is much better to enact a minimum-wage law even if it deprives these unfortunates of work… better that the state should support the inefficient wholly and prevent the multiplication of the breed than subsidize incompetence and unthrift, enabling them to bring forth more of their kind.” - Royal Meeker, U.S. Commissioner of Labor, under Woodrow Wilson

[Darksheare]

Her first name wouldn’t happen to be “Cindy” would it?
She also wouldn’t happen to look like a slightly thinner Rosie O’Donut?

[Mygirlsmom]

She’s already complaining that I’m not paying her $10.10 an hour because THAT’S THE LAW OF THE LAND because 0bama said so!

Ouch......perhaps a condition should be placed on her continued employment: complete and pass Hillsdale's online Constitution Course. It's FREE - she should like that :)

[dowcaet]

Well I guess all the major fast food chains will scrap their dollar value menus in Connecticut now. The citizens of that state can look forward to more economic hardship while another lefty loon governor is in charge.

[Paine in the Neck]

something went wrong with Meeker's theory. Instead, we got: "better that the state should support the inefficient wholly and prevent encourage the multiplication of the breed than and subsidize incompetence and unthrift, enabling them to bring forth more of their kind."

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Don’t even have to wait to find out what that will do.
Obama’s edict raised the minimum wage for government contractors to 10.10 per hour. A busy McDonald’s on government leased property just closed at Menriv in Goose Creek SC. Was also accessible to the general public. Story I heard was that other area McD’s absorbed all of the employees but I doubt such a thing was possible as it was within walking distance for most dependent employees. No idea what this will do to other non government concessions on bases but I see many closing.
Employees were told a couple of weeks ago if Obama signed the increase, they would have to close. They did.

People who are on bases please let us know if any other non government concessions have closed. This could be one of the first but not the last.

[DTogo]

Election cycle ploy for the low information minimum wage voter.

[SoFloFreeper]

Obedient little toady. Good Obama cultist obeys Dear Reader.

[peeps36]

I just read an article in the local newspaper about Connecticut's unemployment rate hitting a 5 year low. The next few months should reveal how many jobs are lost when the government raises the minimum wage. The government number crunchers will really have their work cut out for them trying to hide the destruction.

[rktman]

Oddly enough, the sign ups for unemployment will probably go down. I guess when you control the output, you can output whatever data you like huh? Good thing we’ve turned the corner.

[henkster]

The good news is that Connecticut is not a big state, and people can drive a short distance to escape the higher prices that will result.

The bad news is that the neighboring states are just like Connecticut and will probably follow suit.

[muir_redwoods]

Somewhere down the road, a philosophical heir to this assclown will proudly sign a “Maximum Wage” law thus bringing an end to the American Age.

[DaxtonBrown]

I think she is underpaid myself. She can make a lot more working for herself.

[Biggirl]

.....Or the “stupid voters”.

[Norseman]

If the only result were higher prices an economy could still thrive.

The real problem is that an unrealistic mandated wage prices those with few skills, or who have issues that give an employer pause, out of the labor market. They don’t get that first job during which they can prove themselves to be a good employee, and even more important, they never get to the second, third, and fourth rung of the wage ladder because they were priced off of the first rung.

At least it’s being done at the state level, rather than the federal, so we can see the result in contrast to other states.

Suggestion for GOP-led states near Connecticut: Advertise the $10.10 minimum in CT and offer anyone on public assistance in the state a free move to CT if they want it, and use state vehicles so you know they get there.

[Free Vulcan]

This whole $10.10 thing by the Obama is a sham to pacify those who are now part time because of Zerocare. What they don’t realize is they’ll soon be out of a job too and on welfare and eventually single payer of Zero gets his way. The feds know exactly what they’re doing.

[BillGunn]

I live in a town that closely borders CT. I have three employees whose wages range from $12/hr-$17/hr. I’m sure the $12*/hr guy will now be more interested in working at xtra mart; the level of competence and demanding physical activity are much less.

[Beagle8U]

“The new law raises the state’s $8.70 minimum wage, already the second-highest in New England and fourth-highest nationally, on Jan. 1 in each of the next three years to $9.15 in 2015, $9.60 in 2016 and $10.10 in 2017.”

Inflation in CT will gobble it whole, they’ll never even notice a raise.

[LostInBayport]

Price increase on everything to ensue.

That, and unemployment in places. If I have five employees making $8/hour and all working 9 to 5, four of them are getting the mandated minimum of $10.10 and the fifth is getting a pink slip. I'll still be paying $40/hour to my staff as a whole; they'll just be working a lot harder for their paycheck. "Governor Molloy has decided you've earned some additional responsibilities!"