tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28989945.post5696907650226692066..comments2007-12-20T14:04:05.271-05:00Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038899116724932957noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28989945.post-21973374214953009372007-12-20T14:04:00.000-05:002007-12-20T14:04:00.000-05:002007-12-20T14:04:00.000-05:00The nondescript mainstream media coverage of the public employee benefits disaster belies the wide-eyed panic shared by both parties in both legislative chambers and the Governor's office. Bankruptcy for the state within a decade is possible in any event and a dead-level certainty without quick action.<BR/><BR/>The lack of effective financial management in Kentucky's Medicaid program points out a possible solution to the $28 billion pension catastrophe-in-waiting. As an Auditor's report recently explained, we have no idea how well we are managing our health care program for the disabled and indigent.<BR/><BR/>The financial systems management for our entire state education program is much worse. To avert bankruptcy, we are going to need to find hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Once the legislature gets past the sacred cow status of the educatiion bureaucracy, the will see the obvious need to start with a comprehensive audit of the Kentucky Department of Education.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28989945.post-47744315600564387882007-12-20T10:04:00.000-05:002007-12-20T10:04:00.000-05:002007-12-20T10:04:00.000-05:00I'm all for anything that will irritate that homophobe, Stan Lee --- and his nasty out-of-date moustache, which seems to have a separate life of his own.<BR/><BR/>Wish we could get more gay supportive politicians running for the Kentucky Senate --- and against homophobic Democrats like Ancel Smith, Richard Henderson and Rick Nelson.Jamesnoreply@blogger.com