Better to reform the right problem

Kentucky officials appear to have bipartisan agreement to ignore the reality of the state's spending problem and focus instead on pulling more money out of a citizenry that clearly can't handle the burden.

The often-repeated statistic about Kentucky's tax burden being 20 percent less than the national average usually ignores the fact that our income is below the national average by about the same amount.

Looks like we can expect Rep. Jim Wayne's tax increase bills (here and here) to get fast attention in Frankfort now that the dam has burst.

Still no word, however, on Gov. Beshear's efficiency study, education accounting irregularities, or wasteful labor policies to clean up the other side of the ledger.

There is no good reason why none of this is being addressed.