No Exit Strategy from Illinois’ Budget Standoff
April 12th, 2016
View as PDF CHICAGO – Eight members of Illinois’ General Assembly met on Monday at a forum to discus[...]
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It’s a Spending Problem in Rock Island County
View as PDF Rock Island, IL – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) has released its most recent government pension study exposing individual pensions for Rock Island municipal, Moline Municipal, East Moline Municipal, Rock Island County,...
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Killer Taxes Choke the Life Out of Will County
View as PDF Chicago, IL – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) has released its most recent government pension study exposing individual pensions for Joliet municipal, Will County, Will County government schools, and Joliet Junior College...
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Illinois’ Top 200 Government Pensions: The New Millionaire’s Row
View Release as PDF CHICAGO—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of their updated study of the top pensioners of Illinois state pension funds, including SURS, TRS, IMRF, and GARS. “Illinois leaders,...
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Government Pensions Drive Peoria Property Taxes Through the Roof
View as PDF PEORIA—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of a new pension study of the pensioners of Peoria municipal and county government, Peoria County government schools, and Illinois Central College....
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Rockford & Winnebago County Taxpayers Crushed by Gov. Pension Debt
ROCKFORD—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of a new pension study of the pensioners of Rockford Municipal government, Winnebago County government, Winnebago government teachers, and Rock Valley College.
“Illinois leaders, Gov. Patrick Quinn (D), Michael Madigan (D), and John Cullerton (D), continue to fail in their duty to taxpayers in Rockford and Winnebago County,” stated Jim Tobin, president of TUA.
No Exit Strategy from Illinois’ Budget Standoff
View as PDF CHICAGO – Eight members of Illinois’ General Assembly met on Monday at a forum to discuss the state’s prolonged budget impasse. Although the legislators agreed in general that reforms are necessary...
April Fools Take to the Streets of Chicago
View as PDF CHICAGO – Last Friday, April 1, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) orchestrated a mass, one-day pseudo-strike in conjunction with other likeminded activists and unions. Together, they aired a litany of grievances...
Presidents Day: Just Another Government Holiday
View as PDF CHICAGO – Presidents Day is a fake holiday. In fact, the holiday is still officially known as Washington’s Birthday, and although it can be argued whether or not it ever served...
Legal Plunder: How Civil Asset Forfeiture Enriches the Police
CHICAGO – Illinois is in the midst of its fifth month without a state budget and the financial situation is becoming increasingly dire by the day, so taxpayers are rightly outraged by the state government’s mismanagement of their hard-earned tax dollars. But if the ongoing budget issues haven’t infuriated the taxpayers of Illinois, then a new report by the Institute for Justice, Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture, should certainly grab their attention…
Taxpayers to CTU: Stop Breaking Windows
By: Forrest Jehlik View as PDF CHICAGO – Chicago taxpayers may once again face teams of teachers with strike signs and bullhorns demanding more benefits for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). CTU President, Karen...
Former Gov. Edgar is Part of the Pension Problem
So why should taxpayers listen to his solutions? View as PDF CHICAGO—As Illinois approaches its fifth month without a state budget, former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar (R) has once again entered the political conversation,...
Federal Employees Raking in Taxpayer Dollars
View as PDF CHICAGO—While those in the private sector are struggling to pay their bills and keep their jobs, federal government employees have become the aristocracy of the labor market, according to Jim Tobin,...
Illinois Has Become Another Greece
View as PDF CHICAGO—The State of Illinois has become an economic disaster-area just like the country of Greece, according to Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayer Education Foundation, and for the same reasons. We can...
Why Chicago Bonds Are Junk, in 7 Charts
By Michael Johnston The Windy City’s financial woes are unlikely to blow over any time soon. Following an Illinois Supreme Court ruling earlier this month, Chicago’s bonds received a downgrade to “junk” status by...
Pension Crisis Solution Isn’t a New State Income Tax
View as PDF As the government pension problem becomes more evident in an increasing number of large cities and small villages across Illinois, the public must be aware of a number of interests pushing proposals...
