'Lack of money' = tired mantra

From cn|2 Pure Politics:

Rep. Tom Burch, D-Louisville, called the 2012 session “one of the worst” since he first joined the legislature in 1972 because of a lack of state money compared to education and social services needs.

A lack of money is what made this "one of the worst" sessions since 1972? Couldn't it have been the...