[TheRealThing]

You should go thank him.
Hes fighting to make sure you've got a retirement check 20 years from now and no a soggy wash rag from a broke pension that cant pay out.

Ole steve done went and used all your money

Hi there Gut. One would think those associated with the teaching profession might wield a little more brain power than what we've seen from the teachers of Kentucky. Or possibly they all need a crash course in remedial mathematics. But instead of teachers being upset with the liars whom misled them as to the state of their promised retirements, they double down and get mad at the ones who tell them the truth. I wouldn't like to hear that my pension was under threat either, but I'd direct my anger at those actually responsible for squandering the funds in the first place, not Gov Bevin who at least has character sufficient to tell them the truth. The sad truth is this, money spent is money spent. One cannot wish it back. But in the article following, is the reality of the financial state Kentucky presently finds herself.

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[SIZE="3"]"A new study shows that Kentucky has the worst-funded pension system in the nation, compounded by the fact that of all the states, the commonwealth is doing the worst at paying off its pension debt.

According to a new survey by S&P Global Ratings, Kentucky has $31. 2 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, and the state’s various pension funds have 37.4 percent of the money they need to make payouts to current and future retirees, the lowest ratio of all states."[/SIZE]
http://wfpl.org/studies-show-kentuckys-s...in-nation/

Democrats and their supporters are willfully ignorant of the truth. Politicians, by way of standard practice, lie to their constituents. And as is the case concerning Kentucky's teachers, most prefer to be lied to because it's what they want to hear. Simply put, Dems use tax dollars to buy votes. Those tax dollars which were originally meant for roads, bridges, state parks, all manner of government services, police departments, utilities, pension funds and just about anything else one could list that constitutes life in America, have been diverted to give-away programs for the so-called poor. So, when you see a popup tent on the corner giving away free cell phones, or when in line at the grocery and a young and virile appearing person pays for his replete buggy load of fare with a credit card courtesy of the American taxpayer, or thanks to ObamaCare, when at the ER you see the endless line of fake illnesses and injuries coming in to get their pain killer RX; You're watching your teacher's pension funds going up in smoke. 2 plus 2 will always add up to four, even if the La-La's wish otherwise.

In such manner morality in this country has been turned up on it's head. Yes we are to help folks. But no, we are not to create 'a life of Riley' for them. Especially when the majority refuse to work at whatever job they can find as if they're too good, while at the same time are being led by Democrats to cast aspersions upon the very folks who are forced to pay for their life of ease. Or to spew flaming contempt for Republicans and conservatives as if their industrious nature of being self sufficient, has somehow held the poor folks down. Sleeping till noon is what holds most poor folks down. But if you ask 4real or Ram-a-ling, people who voted for Trump should be hounded, and Bevin needs to find a cliff.