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Why no blame for Democrats?

There has been no shortage of shaming and blaming Republicans for the current pension debacle. Where are the protests outside the Democrats’ offices? Why has there been no call for the legislators who voted for the underfunding to have their pensions stripped and donated to the pension system?

As a former teacher, I know how hard educators work to help create a great learning culture for students. Teachers deserve the pensions they work so hard every day for. Rocky Adkins, Greg Stumbo and the former Democrat majority who underfunded teacher and state employee pensions should donate their legislator retirement balances. If they don’t, can Democrats really claim to be the party of the worker?

Barry Saturday

Lexington

This story was originally published September 17, 2017 at 7:03 AM with the headline "Why no blame for Democrats?."

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