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‘Pension relief’ bills could save local agencies, at a high cost to Kentucky taxpayers

MARCH 6, 2019 | by John Cheves | LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER (KENTUCKY)

For state employees nervous about the security of their retirements, however, continued pension relief seems like a well-intentioned effort that could leave them the last occupants of a sinking lifeboat, said Jim Carroll, spokesman for Kentucky Government Retirees, a Facebook advocacy group. ‘Someone has to pay that ARC (actuarial required contribution), and if the quasi-public agencies don’t have to do it, then it’s all going to fall on the state.’ …

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