Taxpayer Education Foundation Blog
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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.
BOTTOM LINE: CHICAGO NEEDS A DIFFERENT AND CHEAPER TRANSIT SYSTEM
View as PDF Cato Institute Senior Fellow Randal O’Toole concludes his presentation of his study on Chicago transit, with his recommendations for replacing the system at lower cost. Chicago is well-known for its “L”...
How To Fix Illinois Roads Without Increasing The State Gas Tax
View as PDF In his in depth analysis of Illinois infrastructure, Cato Institute Senior Fellow Randal O’Toole, after clarifying that Illinois roads and bridges are actually in reasonably good condition, explores alternative funding for...
STATE IS MISALLOCATING MONEY FROM GASOLINE TAXES
View as PDF Illinois taxpayers are being subjected to a relentless campaign to frighten them into supporting a huge increase in the state gasoline tax, including the claim that the state’s bridges are failing....
Fixing Illinois Infrastructure with User Fees
The real problem with Illinois’ transit infrastructure is not that it is worn out but that it is obsolete and no longer successfully serves the needs of the typical state resident.
TAX FOUNDATION ISSUES STARTLING ANALYSIS OF PRITZKER’S PROPOSED STATE GRADUATED INCOME TAX
View as PDF The Washington-based nonpartisan Tax Foundation just released an analysis of Illinois Governor Jay Robert “J.B.” Pritzker’s proposed graduated state income tax, and the results should have Illinois taxpayers running for cover, according to...
Retired CCSD Employees Receive Huge Pensions
View as PDF View Pension Grids The Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) has launched an investigation of Cambria Community Services District’s (CCSD) retired government-employee pension promises. The report found that over a third of currently...
RED LINE EXPANSION A FINANCIAL DISASTER IN THE MAKING
By Dennis Constant CHICAGO—The president of Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today denounced the plans of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to spend $2.3 billion on extending the Red Line from 95th Street to 130th...
FINANCES PUT CHICAGO IN “WORST FIVE SINKHOLE CITIES”
CHICAGO—Chicago’s finances are in such desperate shape that the city is among the worst five “sinkhole cities” out of 75 cities, according to an article appearing in the noted political newsletter, Wirepoints, by Mike...
Book review: Autumn Of The Black Snake
View as PDF By Dennis Constant Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. – H. L. Mencken...
ILLINOIS FINANCES FAR WORSE THAN REPRESENTED
View as PDF The financial condition of Illinois is far, far worse than represented in the media, according to Mark Glennon, founder of the newsletter Wirepoints, as described in his November 21, 2018 edition....