Monday, September 8, 2008

Buying your legislator a golden parachute?

When Governing Magazine wanted to write an article about retroactively awarded pension benefits, they went to Fullerton, California to find something to get worked up about.

They might have mentioned a three-year old law in Kentucky that allows legislators to go to work in the executive branch at a much higher salary after serving in the House or Senate and earn pension benefits as if they have been earning the higher salary all along.

If you are looking for a fabulous example of government waste in Kentucky that members of both parties are clinging to like their lives depend on it, just click here.

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