Top 5 Reasons it's Hard to be a Maine State Government Employee

#5 - Getting your name and salary published in the Bangor Daily News

#4 - Wondering how long it will be before Maine citizens catch on.

#3 - Feeling sorry for all the other Mainers that aren't doing as well.

#2 - Wondering if you could make more money in Racketeering.

#1 - Being teased by co-works if you make less than the governor.

I Want to Work for the State of Maine

What do a Principal Law Librarian, Professor of Theater, Professor of Art, A Hockey Coach and a plethora of other Umaine, DHHS and other state employees have in common? They all make more than the Governor, according to a Bangor Daily News article published last weekend. And I'm by no means suggesting the governor is under-paid. And in an article in today's BDN, Baldacci seemed shocked the state is dishing out this kind of money in salaries, calling the article "eye opening" and commenting he'd "like to know how to get a job like the former [UMaine] chancellor has." Yeah, at $208K/year, wouldn't we all. In fact, in the BDN list of "More than 950 Maine State, University, Judiciary and Legislative Jobs that Pay $75,000 or more", the University of Maine System sticks out like a sore thumb (even more than DHHS).

The Maine Government Wants to Help us Manage our Money

I almost fell on the floor laughing when I heard about this. Maine Lawmakers have determined that we (Maine Citizens) aren't very good at managing our money and could use their help. LOL. OMG.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Lawmakers say Mainers, and especially younger people who get easy access to credit cards, need better money-management skills. And they're putting up money to see that more financial advice will be offered. Full Story