Dear Kentucky taxpayer:

Put yourself in your state legislator’s shoes for a second.

Imagine you are a state senator with the opportunity to enhance your own wealth through legislation by manipulating the state’s public pension benefit to your advantage.

After all, what’s the harm in taking a bit more compensation for the arduous public service you perform?

Would you be able to resist the urge to give yourself a nice retirement bonus?

The fact is, our legislators couldn’t resist it. In 2005, they passed HB 299 which ushered in a series of policies that lined their retirement pockets at the expense of you, the taxpayer.

Now the system is $34 billion in debt, and while legislator pensions aren’t the sole reason for that, it certainly doesn’t seem right that our public servant legislators are raking in the dough while state workers’ pensions are at risk.

So put yourself in your state legislator’s shoes again. What would it take for you to make a stand among your peers to put an end to this abuse? I have to imagine the first step would be hearing from constituents – just like you.

Contact your state legislator here.