Jim Tobin, A Friend Of Liberty (1945-2021)
May 2nd, 2022
On January 1st 1982, Pulitzer Prize-winner John Toland published his ground-breaking book on Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor that blew wide open the treacherous activities of members of Pres. Franklin Roosevelt’s administration, who successfully goaded Japan into attacking the United States.
Springfield, IL – Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today released its updated study on Springfield municipal pensions, Sangamon County government pensions, including the top 200 pensions in the Teachers Retirement System (TRS), Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF), and the State University Retirement System (SURS). Taxpayers United of America (TUA) issued the following statement based on the TEF pension study:
Chicago — Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today released the results of its 13th annual Illinois state pensions report.
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”...
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...
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....
The real problem with Illinois’ transit infrastructure is not that it is worn out but that it is obsolete and no longer successfully serves the needs of the typical state resident.
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...
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...
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...