as you know, a legislative task force led by senator damon thayer and former representative mike cherryrked hard on this issue over the last year. th >> the task force has recommended further reducing benefits for future hires and paying down our unfunded liability by increasing the state's annual employer contribution. much has been made of the fact that the state hasn't fully funded the arts for quite awhile. that is true. we have not. while i cannot speak to the years before me, i can tell you exactly why we haven't fully funded the courts since i became governor. because we have insufficient revenues and it would require us to gut our most fundamental priorities, k-12 education, public safety, and jb rcreation. i refuse to do it and previous legislatures agree with me. i refuse to do it in the years ahead. as we work to make our public pension system whole again, i will not allow our school children to be collateral damage. [applause] i agree that we need to reduce our unfunded liability. i agree that the longer we put this off, the bigger the problem will be. the question is where