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.
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.