Jim Tobin, A Friend Of Liberty (1945-2021)
May 2nd, 2022
TUA’s commentary on the federal government’s debt default crisis was featured in an article at mystateline.com. CHICAGO — The President of a Chicago based tax group is urging the U.S. to end its debt...
View as PDF CHICAGO—The President of Tax Accountability, economist, former Federal Reserve Bank examiner, and legendary tax fighter Jim Tobin, today endorsed the plan by U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson (D-9, Florida) that Federal Reserve...
View as PDF The Illinois state corporate income tax is not 7% as some politicians, columnists and organizations have erroneously stated, but is actually 9.5%, according to the president of one of the nation’s...
Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United for America, appeared on Left Right and You Radio to discuss Illinois’ pension problem. To listen, click on the player below. [audio:http://www.taxpayersunitedofamerica.org/wp-content/skillicorn.mp3|titles=Jim Tobin on Left Right and You...
TUA’s 15th tax survey of the Illinois General Assembly was featured in an article at Northwest Herald. When it comes to friends and enemies of taxpayers, McHenry County residents have neither – not even Jack...
TUA President Jim Tobin was featured in a story from ABC 7 Chicago on the taxpayer-funded state Supreme Court renovation. To see the video, click on the player below, or go to the ABC...
Findings from TUA’s Illinois pension project are featured at the Illinois Policy Institute website. Illinois’ current unfunded state government pension liabilities total approximately $200 billion under Moody’s Investors Service’s new methodology. The Illinois Policy...
View as PDF CHICAGO—Taxpayers United of America (TUA), one of the largest taxpayer organizations in the nation, has released its 15th biennial non-partisan Tax Survey of the Illinois General Assembly, revealing the tax and...
View release as a PDF CHICAGO—The plan offered by Springfield’s “bipartisan pension committee” to cut Illinois’ government pension costs is ineffectual and a public-relations stunt, charged the president of one of the nation’s largest...
TUA’s commentary on a new “rain tax” in DuPage County was featured in an article at Daily Herald. It could take years for DuPage County officials to decide whether to impose a stormwater utility...