ILLINOIS TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM PAYS HUGE RETIREMENT BENEFITS WHILE FLIRTING WITH BANKRUPTCY
April 23rd, 2018
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Chicago – Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today released its annual report and to[...]
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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.
ILLINOIS TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM PAYS HUGE RETIREMENT BENEFITS WHILE FLIRTING WITH BANKRUPTCY
Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today released its annual report and top 200 pensions of the Illinois’ Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS).
ILL. STATE UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT SYSTEM GIVES GOV. RETIREES ASTRONOMICAL BENEFITS
Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) released its annual report and top 200 pensions of the State University Retirement System (SURS).
Tax Raising Governors’ Shocking Pensions
Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today released its annual pension analysis of the Illinois General Assembly Retirement System (GARS).
The Real Abraham Lincoln
View as PDF By Dennis Constant February 12th is celebrated as Lincoln’s birthday. He is variously called the Great Emancipator, and the President who preserved the Union. However, until Lincoln crushed the states that...
Cook County Gov Retirees’ Millionaire’s Club
Cook County Gov. Retirees’ Millionaire’s Club Val Zimnicki (312)-427-5128 – (312) 307-4415 November 28, 2017 View as PDF Chicago – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) has released its most recent government pension study exposing individual...
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...
