Teachers do a lot, and need to be appreciated, and I sure don't want to put up with kids all day, but as far as hours go I guarantee all of my full time employees work more hours per year and none of us, me included, will get their pension or medical benefits.
The fix for education is privatization. School vouchers where parents can take their school tax money and vote those dollars themselves will fix a lot of ills, and the union will fight it to their dying breath.
The pension problem is exactly as puma stated, tons of money gets spent on overhead and administration, with very little getting to the actual teachers or students, and then they buy off that support with pension promises they haven't funded, and not just in Kentucky.
It's a political trick to promise benefits and be retired and out of office before the bill comes due. It's great at getting votes, lousy way to run anything.
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