If one has the ability to go back into the archives...one would see that year after year after year the State Legislature and many governors would start new sessions with discussions to put into the retirement funds surplus budget monies(while we were flush with cash) to shore up retirement funds knowing it would have to be done. Did they?....NO! In fact when the retirement funds were flush Governor Knowles allowed districts/local governments to not donate their mandatory obligations to the retirement funds and spend willy wonka style at home. The blame should be shared by all politicians and Governors over the last few decades who built bridges to nowhere and public works with their name on them.