The state where an ex-governor and his wife wer just convicted of multiple corruption charges by a federal jury. (it's south of the People's Republic of Maryland)

I was actually not surprised. The Outback(a.k.a. fake Australian) restaurants there also pay less than 1/3 of the minimum wage to employees who work only at the to-go counter. I do tip them because I knew they depend on tips top make up for the low wages.

Not to take this even further off-topic.... but I also have a neighbor who works for a high-end department store(which I'll refer to as N****m M****s so I don't somehow get her in trouble). The store management routinely make employees work 1 hour less per month by "accidentally" shorting their work schedule on a regular basis, so they can't qualify for health insurance and have to get either Medicaid or buy insurance off Healthcare.gov). That's just cheap and downright illegal(but I guess they know how to to bend the law as much as possible without breaking it, but still....)