Miles Blows Past Humphrey on Obamacare Issue

With the majority of Americans opposing Obamacare, it wasn't a surprise when Kentucky Republican Suzanne Miles blew past Democrat Kim Humphrey to win a house seat, after trailing Humphrey by 6 points.

The victory was attributed to a robust attack on Obamacare, which is forcing over 200,000 people in Kentucky to drop their insurance plans.

This is terrific news, as the state needs to turn even more conservative, as Democratic Governor Beshear has even called Christians dangerous when opposing protections for them.

With the victory, Republicans now have 46 seats in the 100-seat chamber.

This reinforces the strategy of Republicans to continue to hammer at the disastrous Obamacare bill, which most Americans want repealed.

If Republicans take over the chamber, it will be the first time since 1921.

Kentucky House Passes Bill That Strengthens Religious Protections

On Friday the Kentucky House passed a bill that will provide better protection against government intrusion into religious matters.

By a vote of 82-7, the house offers citizens a stronger position to resist government attempts to force mandates that go against the beliefs of their religious practices and beliefs.

Fears some could abuse the new law are unwarranted, according to Addia Wuchner, R-Burlington, who said those existing laws that are challenged which the government is able to prove are there for a legitimate reason would remain in place.

What the law does is make the courts apply a higher standard and level of scrutiny to those federal laws that are claimed by people to be against their religion.

Kentucky Hemp Bill Gets No Decision from House Committee

The Kentucky House committee refused to make any decision on a bill that the Republican-led Kentucky Senate easily passed.

Interestingly, there is absolutely nothing in the way that should stop the bill from going forward, other than a weak argument that because industrial hemp looks similar to marijuana, it would be more difficult to differentiate between the two by law enforcement.

But that's really irrelevant, as all law enforcement needs to do some testing involving crimes, so that's not really an issue at all.

Committee Chairman Tom McKee, D-Cynthiana, for some odd reason, wants to tie this into a federal permit, which would give permission for experimental hemp production in Kentucky.

There's no need for any type of experiment, Kentucky farmers decades ago learned how to grow industrial hemp, and all that is needed is a go ahead to proceed. There is no reason whatsoever to tie this into the federal government.

When a motion to take a vote was put forward, McKee ruled the motion as being out of order.

Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner James Comer, who has pushed for passage of a hemp bill in Kentucky, said this:

"This issue symbolizes what's wrong with the Kentucky General Assembly. The majority of the legislators want to do good things, they want to create jobs, they want to help farmers, but it gets bogged down in the political bickering."

Comer pointed to the fact that not only would Kentucky farmers get a new cash crop to grow, but it would result in the creation of processing jobs in the state.

As for the alleged use of hemp fields to grow marijuana, that's not even going to happen, as it is widely known in the industry that cross-pollination between hemp and marijuana created an inferior marijuana plant that would weaken the potency of the plant, rendering it pretty much useless to those seeking a high. It would be similar to watering down beer and thinking the product wouldn't decrease in demand.

So when all is said and done, industrial hemp needs to quickly be approved of so Kentucky farmers can grow it and new processing jobs created. There are no reasons whatsoever to deny this, as you can easily see.

Sequester, Hodgenville, Larue County, and Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site

The historic Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, right outside the city limits of Hodgenville, Kentucky, could be adversely affected by what is being called sequestration, as approximately $85 billion in spending cuts will automatically be put into motion if a deal isn't struck in a few short days.

Much of this is largely political posturing though, as the cut, as they're called, really aren't cuts, but are rather a decrease in the budget increases. In other words, the government increased its future budget, and what this is doing is lowering the actual increase, not cutting from prior or existing spending.

What would probably hurt Kentucky the worst is cuts related to the military, which could result in over 21,000 jobs lost in the Commonwealth.

Nonetheless, Washington must rein in spending, and the idea that these are devastating "cuts" isn't really telling the truth of the situation, as already mentioned.

That's not to say there won't be some pain by some Kentucky workers though, as it will have an impact of some sort.

At this time part of the problem in specifically identifying where the cuts could hurt is because there aren't really any targeted programs we know of for sure because many federal government agencies have yet to reveal their plans.

What Sequestration Would Cost Kentucky

The cuts mandated by the Obama Administration, called sequestration, will go into effect on March 1 if a budget deal isn't reached by Congress. If implemented, the mandatory cuts would remain in effect through September. Here's a look at how the cuts could affect Kentucky.

Kentucky Defense

Since Kentucky has a strong and large military presence in it, let's look at that first. Figures show that approximately 11,000 civilian U.S. Department of Defense employees would be furloughed in in Kentucky. That means a loss in overall pay of close to $54.4 million.

As for operations to run the Army bases, that funding would be slashed by $122 million. According to the Army, about 15,000 job in the state could be impacted by the cuts.

Kentucky Education 
 
Figures released show that education in Kentucky would be strained from the cuts, with close to $11.8 million in funding for primary and secondary education removed. Estimates are around 160 teacher and aide jobs could be put at risk.

As a result, approximately 21,000 students in Kentucky would no long be served, including children with disabilities and low income students.

Broken down, that would mean 1,710 low-income students would no longer receive aid for college, and close to 470 students would no long be able to use work-study jobs to help pay for their college educations.

Concerning disabilities, an estimated $7.7 million would be lost, resulting in about 90 teacher, teacher aid, and other staff losing funding.

Kentucky Health

Funds for emergency health threats would be cut to the tune of $414,000, which would include dealing with natural disasters, infectious diseases, and other similar events.

As for substance abuse aid, close to $1 million in grants would no longer be available to treat patients, which is estimated to cause about 1,200 less people being admitted into programs. That last figure is listed as admissions, so it may be less than 1,200 people, but may include the same people being admitted more than once.

Kentucky Law enforcement

For law enforcement, where Justice Assistance Grants are used for courts, corrections, education, crime prevention, and other services, about $171,000 would be cut. 

Kentucky Environment
 
Approximately $2.1 million in aid for cleaner water and air would be lost. Fish and wildlife protection may lose about $774,000.

Ky. Child Care Advocates Clueless on Economics

If you were to listen indiscriminately to so-called child advocates in Kentucky, you would think there's a conspiracy to keep funds away from child care for the poor. But like Greece, the reality is quickly setting in that when a government makes promises it can't sustainably keep, ultimately those that were socialized into government dependence are suddenly thrown out into the cold when the funds are no longer available. That's what has happened with the child care program in Kentucky, and there is no way to simply conjure up funds that don't exist.

It's not a matter of whether it's good or bad for the state to help with child care, that's a separate issue, the point is these programs and others like them will find out that there never was a chance for them to be sustained over the long term, which is why we must go back to lower taxes and smaller government so the free market can do the job of taking care of these things, rather than a state that can no longer tax people and businesses, as they can't support the unproductive any longer.

This is why there is a growing and gigantic shortfall in the pension plans of government employees. The same thing has happened. When you give away the farm with no way, over time, to pay for it, all you're left with are broken promises and a disillusioned people who unfortunately and unwisely made the state their healer and provider, rather than placing faith in God and their own productivity.

As to the child care program, starting in April, there will be no new applicants that will be allowed to receive subsidies for child care. In July, new restrictions will be put in place which will lower the income guidelines for recipients of the care.

At that time a family of four must be at or below $22,050 to receive the subsidy. It was formerly at$33,075. Estimates are approximately 8,700 families will lose the government stipend.

About $57.8 million will be saved because of the budget tightening. Even that won't be enough to close the entire amount of the projected shortfall of $86.6 million from the program in the coming fiscal year.

Kentucky, as well as other states, need to quickly face, understand, and respond to the fact that federal funding of many projects are going to dry up. There simply is not more money to go around, and there hasn't been for a long time. That's why we're running debts of trillions of dollars.

Funding for child care has come almost solely from the Federal government, and those funds have been depleted.

The usual parading out of the people that could be hurt by the cuts in an attempt to generate sympathy was made, but that is no longer a reasonable or viable strategy.

This has nothing to do with whether or not people should or should not be helped, it's entirely an economic issue, one where the promises made by the government are not able to be met. This is the cruelty of government promises, liberal agendas, and faulty economics.

For advocates to think this is an advocacy problem rather than an economic one, means there is going to be a lot of pain going forward for those who believe it's business as usual in Washington. Those days are now behind us, and we must look to ourselves and our communities outside of government to find answers.

Those who don't will find themselves continually surprised and caught off guard by the fact that the U.S. government is bankrupt. The only reason money is available is because the Federal Reserve continues to print money, and foreign governments buy it.

The ability for Americans to support the lavish promises and promises by the government are long gone.

Ashley Judd and Ky.s Only Religion Being Basketball

In what is sure to spark the ire of the many Christians residing in Kentucky, former Kentucky Democrat party chairman Jonathan Miller and Ashley Judd supporter said, "There is only one organized religion in this state, and it's Kentucky basketball. She's a very visible fan." Miller was referring to her living in Tennessee and her extreme liberalism.

He also bizarrely added that "...she is identified by Kentuckians as a native and solid Kentuckian." That may seem the case in Miller's confused and distorted extreme and cloistered liberal world he and Judd reside in, but no, most of those living in Kentucky don't think of Judd as being a real Kentuckian, as she has brazenly rejected the values of the vast majority of people living in the commonwealth while hiding away in Tennessee.

Judd is tied lock, stock, and barrel to Obama, and the idea that the policies of Barack Obama, which Judd wholly agrees with and backs, is representative of residents of Kentucky, is laughable at best, and an outright lie at worst.

There's a reason Barack Obama lost all but four counties in Kentucky in the last presidential election. It's also why Obama didn't even bother to campaign in the state: liberals aren't wanted or accepted here, and Ashley Judd is as liberal an anti-Kentucky values as they come. Nothing but lies and dishonesty could ever change that, because it's not a perception but an absolute reality.

Miller's assertion about the only organized religion practiced in Kentucky being basketball, points to the godless world view of people like him and Ashley Judd. It wasn't a slip of the tongue. Liberals like Judd and Miller actually believe these things.

To think he is painting Judd as a religious person because basketball is the god of Kentucky residents only shows how far out he and Judd are in discerning what the people of Kentucky stand for.

Kentuckians are going to drink the kool aid, and this is why the vast majority of Democrats in the state are distancing themselves from Judd, as they know they could be painted with the disastrous liberal label and world view Judd has, which could result in a route of the Kentucky Democrats in the next election.

The strategy to hide and obscure Judd's radical views is to try to run as a Washington outsider rather than the extremist she is. We in Kentucky see through it, and if she brazenly decides to run for the Senate, we'll make her and the other Democrats in the state pay for the affront to Kentucky and its people of the Christian faith.

Cairo Bridge Connecting Wickliffe, Ky. and Cairo, Ill. Receiving Study

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A study on what to do - if anything - concerning the 76-year-old Cairo bridge which connects Wickliffe, Kentucky., and Cairo, Illinois., is being commenced to determine its condition and whether or not something needs to be done about it.

A news release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet said there is a lot of commercial truck traffic on the bridge, and needs to be studied because its age suggests it is "functionally obsolete" by modern standards. The closest crossing is approximately two hours away.

Members of the Cabinet will perform traffic counts to confirm the estimated 5,400 vehicles crossing the bridge, as well as the condition of the bridge.

After the completion of the study, a determination will be made by the Cabinet as to whether or not the bridge should be repaired or removed for a new one to be made. The other option is if the bridge is considered structurally sound, nothing would be done.

You can probably see where this is already going. while it's a good thing to check the condition of bridges, it's almost a certainty that the decision has already been made to use the bridge to "create" jobs in the area.

The study is simply a tool that will be used to make it appear there was a serious step taken to be sure the money would need to be spent.

That's not to say there isn't a need to check the bridge. Because there is. All I'm saying is it's likely the decision has already been made, and why bother with the study if that's the case.

King Beshear Going Big Government with Smoking Ban Push

Do it and do it quick says Sith Lord

Acting like his Democratic counterpart in the White House, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, a Democrat, called for a big government, statewide ban of smoking in public and private locations.

Also taking a page from the playbook of Obama, he is using Saul Alinsky tactics of trying to pressure it to be done quickly so people don't have time to think through the implications.

The truth is this has little or nothing to do with smoking, but is part of the continuing liberal, progressive, socialist strategy to turn government into something Jesus Himself didn't intend it to be.

What they do is take something like smoking that is bad for an individual, and wrap big government around in a manner that makes it look benevolent and protective to an approving, but clueless population.

A number of House Republicans rightly note that the state of Kentucky has no right to dictate smoking regulations on local jurisdictions.

That decision and authority, say the Republican lawmakers, should be left in the hands of county and city governments. They're right, and we need to understand what it is that is trying to be done in Kentucky.

King Bashear, like Obama, is attempting to ram laws and regulations down the throats of American citizens, and we in Kentucky need to stand up to him and those of his ilk.

Again, this isn't about smoking, but about government and power-hungry people like Steve Beshear increasing their power over the people in preparation for taking even more control in our lives.

Obama's State of the Union Speech a Disaster

In one of the weakest and disastrous SOTU addresses in recent history, Barack Obama bizarrely and irresponsibly stated that cuts to government spending for domestic and military purposes would be a "really bad idea."

Huh? A bad idea? The most important issue facing the United States at this time is to cut back on government spending across the board. Out of control spending and promises by the U.S. government has brought America to the brink of economic ruin, and the idea of dealing with it being called "bad" by Obama only points to his no longer being able to discern reality. He's living in a make believe world that doesn't exist. Wonderland looks more real than statements like he made about spending.

Also strange was Obama's disconnect concerning the ongoing murder of living children in the womb, while calling children killed by deranged killers "our most precious resource." If that's the case, then why isn't Obama 100 percent behind the repeal of Roe Vs. Wade and working to eliminate the financing of death organizations like Planned Parenthood? It's not okay for a few children to be killed, but it is okay to have thousands killed in America annually?

Every stupid and meaningless fake issue was raised by Obama, such as the fictitious global warming lie, so-called clean energy, raising the minimum wage, and gun control, among a number of others.

In other words, he blabbed about nothing of substance, simply reiterating talking points to make his base feel good.

Kentucky voters need to remember this next election when the Democrats try to distance themselves from this renegade president who is being propped up by his party.

Kentucky Newspaper Wins Battle for Records

A 9-month battle between the Glasgow Daily times, a newspaper based in southern Kentucky, and County officials is over, as Barren circuit Court ordered records sought by the newspaper concerning a jail investigation to be handed over to the media outlet.

The Court stated the copy being sought by the newspaper must be an unredacted one, and it must be handed over immediately.

According to officials representing the county, they rejected the original request because the records were available at the time. The newspaper responded to that assertion, saying the reason they didn't have possession was because officials voted to not take possession on purpose for the very reason of not having to hand it over the the press.

What that resulted in is the report consequently wouldn't be considered part of the public record, and so the County wouldn't have to comply with the request.

Kentucky Lawmakers Refuse to Fix Pension System

The alleged attempts to fix the government pension system of Kentucky remain anemic, to say the least, as there have been no attempts to deal with the real problem, which is overpaid and overcompensated government workers.

All that is being done so far is to put a retirement plan in place that is somewhat like a 401(K) for new employees, and cap the cost-of-living increases for government workers already drawing benefits.

With the deficit already at $33 billion and growing, these types of band aid fixes are a joke, and it does nothing to deal with the real problem, which is government workers are paid and compensated far beyond what the productive private sector can pay for, and that wages and benefits need to be slashed to market rates, while government workers begin to bear the major brunt of the outrageous benefits they get by paying more for their own unsustainable plans.

It worked fantastic in Wisconsin, and it should work well here too. It only took a fairly short time after workers were asked to contribute a little bit more to their plans that the situation righted itself. That is what should be done in Kentucky as well.

The problem is the lawmakers are cowards in that they refuse to take these needed steps, and instead are looking to throw this burden on the already heavily taxed private sector by, of course, looking to raise taxes to solve the problem.

Everyone is talking about the lack of a revenue source. There is no lack of a revenue source, there is a lack of will to make those receiving these ridiculous benefit packages to pay more for their own way.

After all, why should us in the private sector have to pay for government workers who get far more pay and benefits than we do? The answer is we shouldn't, and the only long-term solution is to make the government workers pay more for their own way. How hard is that to understand and implement?

Kentucky House Passes Bill to Audit Districts

After a bill to boost oversight of the over 1,200 local taxing district overwhelmingly by a 96-1 vote in the House, it now goes on to the Senate.

What the legislation entails is putting a system together for auditing the various tax districts around the state of Kentucky. Together they spend approximately $2.7 billion for running the local libraries, airports, fire departments and sanitation.

Once it's set up, taxpayers could then go on the Internet to check out the financial reports from each individual district.

The funding is the result of taxes and fees, along with government grants and donations from private sources.

Walton, Ky Mayor Indicted for Theft of Public Funds

The mayor of Walton, Ky., Phil Trzop, was indicted for allegedly taking money from the Boone County Water District.

According to the indictment, Trzop, who was also the Boone County Water District Manager, abused the public trust when he kept part of the money made when selling scrap metal from repairs of the water lines.

Approximately $30,000 in scrap metal from the repair jobs was sold over the last three years, will all of it required to go into a general fund of the county. According to Deputies, Trzop decided to pay employees Christmas bonuses from the sales, but after that there was about $10,000 that couldn't be found. Trzop admitted to having taken some of it home for himself.

Interestingly, Trzop was suspended without pay from his Boone County Water District job, but still remains in place as the mayor.

Trzop is out of jail on a $20,000 bond. He faces from five to ten years in jail if convicted.

Hornback Introduces Telephone Deregulation Bill

After introducing a bill in 2012 that would have deregulated Kentucky's telephone industry, Republican Sen. Paul Hornback of Shelbyville, reintroduced a bill which he believes should alleviate concerns over the prior bill, which he withdrew when some community groups opposed it.

In a news conference Tuesday morning, Hornback said there are new provisions in the bill which should take care of the major concerns addressed over the original bill.

Most opposition has been over the possibility phone carriers servicing rural areas with land line phones would remove the unprofitable service in smaller, rural communities.

Provisions in the new bill would not allow that to happen in regard to basic services in communities using less than 5,000 land lines.

Per Senate Bill 88, a carrier wouldn't be allowed to remove the base land line phone service unless another provide offered one that was close to being the same phone service.

Under current state law, phone companies are required to provide basic land-line service in the regions they serve.

Also included in the bill is areas with over 5,000 existing land lines, the bigger carriers wouldn't have to provide basic services to new customers. The idea there appears to be to attempt to bring the rural regions more into the modern age of telecommunications.

"There has to be competition in that market," Hornback said.

Other supporters of the bill assert states that have embraced the same type of legislation have seen corporations invest in high-speed Internet infrastructure, helping to improve the rural communities they operate in.

Hornback says the major complaint he receives from his constituents is the lack of high-speed Internet in the area. He says if phone companies have to maintain unprofitable land lines, they won't invest in high-speed Internet.

At issue is the rural areas which primarily use land line phones don't get great wireless connection, so they continue to rely on land line phones as the chief way of communicating. High-speed Internet would deal with that issue, providing another option of communication; specifically through digital phones included with some cable packages.

It's puzzling as to the opposition to this, because the results over time will far surpass the dismal land line phones now in use.

Some Luddite elements are in play, particularly from the Democrat-controlled house. This is a no-brainer, and with protections in place, lay the foundation for better rural communities that will be improved from the new Internet infrastructure that would inevitably be put in place.

As long as there are no options to land line phones, these communities will be trapped in a old technology that the rest of the United States and world have been long embracing.

Kentucky Pension Issue Easy to Solve

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Most of the politicians in Kentucky are acting as if the pension system in Kentucky is difficult to solve. It's not. All that needs to be done is have the government pensioners pay more into their own fund. Problem solved.

Some will say this is naive, but it isn't. Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin has already shown the way. All that happened there, contrary to media and union lies, was he made them pay their fair share into their own pensions. What's so controversial about that? Nothing. It should have been happening all along.

Government workers are paid notorious benefits, far beyond what the free and private sector offers, which is why the pension is in the condition it's in.

Many Kentucky Democrats, as usual, only can think of terms of raising taxes to pay for these outrageous pension liabilities, rather than do the right thing, which is to make the beneficiaries of the pensions pay more into them.

Calling it tax reform, all that will be presented is a tax raise. We don't need anymore taxes, we need more responsibility for overpaid government workers and retirees to pay more into their retirement accounts.

This is why Europe has come under enormous economic pressure, as the many countries there have offered government workers unsustainable benefit packages the the private sector can't afford to pay for. And why should they?

We that work for a living outside of government have no mandate from God or anyone else to pay this types of benefits to very unproductive government workers who drain our finances to the detriment of our own children and families. It's time for government workers to pay more of their own way, not the rest of us.

S&P Downwardly Revises Kentucky Economic Outlook

S&P Rating Services announced it was removing its stable outlook on the economic health of Kentucky to a negative outlook, based upon over $33 billion in unfunded liabilities when combining all the government retirement systems together.

S&P credit analyst John Sugden said in a statement, “The outlook revision reflects our concern over pension funded levels, which have declined and are likely to continue declining due to lower-than-actuarially required funding of pension liabilities and budgetary pressures associated with funding post-retirement benefits."

Seeing the possibility of government officials trying to pass off the cost of the unfunded liabilities on business and workers of Kentucky, Dave Adkisson, president of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, said this at a press conference:

“If the 2013 session concludes without the passage of meaningful pension reform, I don’t see how the business community would have any choice but to call the 2013 session a failure.”

“Kentucky’s businesses have a significant stake in our public employee pension systems — both at a state and local level,” Adkisson added. “Kentucky’s private employers, most of which are small, local businesses, directly contribute approximately 40 percent of all state revenue in income, corporate and sales taxes, in addition to individual income, payroll and sales taxes.”

Kentucky taxpayers and workers in the productive private sector shouldn't take any of this, as the idea of raising taxes to pay for over-paid government workers and their unsustainable promises of above-market compensation the rest of us aren't provided, is outrageous.

Why should we have to pay any more for this out-of-control, larger government expenditures.
The only answer is to cut back on pay and benefits of government workers and make them pay more out of their own pockets for what they get. 

Already the measures being put forth are only band aides made to look like lawmakers are doing something. In reality, they are simply kicking the can down the road again; a road that is getting much shorter.

What is it about Kentucky politicians that make them not understand that the days of big government and overpaid state workers is over? It is. It's unsustainable, and the people of Kentucky aren't going to have the weight of more taxes forced upon them because of paying out wages and benefits the rest of the private and far more productive sector don't come close to getting.

Proposed Ky Public Pension Changes Nowhere Near Enough

The changes being put forth by Kentucky Senate Republicans, based largely upon recommendations of a task force, don't even begin to deal with the issue, as we see the problem being kicked down the road yet again.

While there are some good things in Senate Bill 2, such as cutting some of the retirement benefits and eliminating an existing law that requires cost-of-living increases, it does nothing to deal with the real problem, which is the unfunded liabilities.

The Kentucky Retirement Systems requirements stand at $11 billion, with only 44 percent of that available to meet the needs.

Didn't Kentucky get the memo from Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker? His simple answer to the challenge in his state was to have the actual people receiving the benefits pay a little more into them rather than the taxpayers. It worked extremely well, as Wisconsin quickly recovered from the weight of having to underwrite the outrageous wages and benefits public workers get over the more productive workers in the private sector.

Not only that, but the language in SB 2 says that Kentucky must totally fund its contribution starting in 2014. That means the Commonwealth must come up with $327 billion for fiscal year 2015. After that the required amount would increase by hundreds of millions of dollars.

As I said, absolutely nothing is being done to address the real issue, which is government workers were given more benefits than can be paid for, and now it has brought the state and the rest of us to the brink of insolvency. Call it what you want, but that's exactly what it is.

Why haven't the lawmakers of Kentucky - both Republican and Democrat - dealt with the issue? They are hoping they can kick the can far enough down the road so they don't have to deal with the outcome of the hard steps that need to be taken to deal with this disaster.

Senate leaders said they would have preferred to see more changes in the government worker pension system, but don't believe the bill would have passed if they didn't work along the guidelines suggested by the task force.

That's incredibly stupid by the Republican-led Kentucky Senate, as they should have put forth a comprehensive bill that would have radically dealt with the problem in a way that would have actually solved it. If that would have been done, it would have been on the Democrats when the house of cards comes tumbling down after they voted against the changes.

As it is, reality will deal with the pensions of government workers in Kentucky because there simply isn't enough money to pay for it, and there will be drastic austerity measures put in place sooner or later. It should have been now, as it would have helped to ease the transition for those counting on the promised benefits. Unfortunately, when the hundreds of million of dollars are needed in the future, nothing being offered as change will do anything to provide for it.

One thing for sure, Kentucky politicians better not even thing of boosting taxes on the productive private sector and free market in order to pay for the outrageous promises they made to government workers, promises that are now being exposed as the fool's gold they were.

Kentucky Child Care Cost Subsidies to be Cut

The reality is beginning to settle in concerning government promises that it can't be the healer it has positioned itself to be, and that is evidenced in area of child care cost subsidies, which will be cut later in 2013, affecting thousands of low-income families in the Commonwealth.

Estimates are over 10,000 children will be impacted from the cuts.

No new applicants will be taken, according to the Kentucky Department of Community Based Services, nor subsidies be paid out for neglected or abused children beginning in April.

At this time the program has an $86.6 million shortfall based on cuts in state and federal funding, along with growing numbers of applicants, said Audrey Tayse Haynes, secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Starting in July, the child care assistance program income requirements for a family of four will be cut from $33,075 to $22,050.