Even setting morals aside it’s just not possible to live off of that wage. 13.80 an hour won’t even cover rent and food unless you’re working insane hours. No one but the most desperate will accept those jobs and even the most of them will find more productive uses of their time.

No you see the problem is that children in Maine are too well educated and the government is too well funded. If they ruin the school system and hamstring the government then Maine kids will grow up to be uneducated, poor and frustrated with underfunded government programs. Once all those pieces are in place Maine can become just as shitty a place to live as southern red states!