Jim Tobin, A Friend Of Liberty (1945-2021)
May 2nd, 2022
CHICAGO-The proposed state income tax hike contained in HB750, currently in its second reading on the Illinois House floor, would be used mainly to fund lavish retirement pensions and benefits of public school teachers,...
CHICAGO-Governor Rod Blagojevich’s proposed new tax on gross receipts is floating on a raft of deceptions, half-truths and hidden future tax increases, charged Jim Tobin, president National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI), Illinois’ largest...
Blago’s Proposed Trojan Horse Tax a Blueprint For Disaster I have been fighting taxes since 1976-thirty one years-and each time, when I think I have seen it all, the tax-raising politicians in Springfield come...
A little more than halfway into Fiscal Year 2007, the state has already raked in approximately a half-billion more in tax revenue than it had by this time last year. According to ITEF’s examination...
State Tax Revenue On The Rise For 5th Straight Year But Tax Hogs Want More A little more than halfway into Fiscal Year 2007, the state has already raked in approximately a half-billion more...
CHICAGO-The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer group today stated that officials from J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 are acting just like the children in their schools, if not worse. When a child...
Groups Pushing For Income Tax Increase Will Benefit At Taxpayers’ Expense The beat of the drum grows louder and louder calling for massive state income tax and sales tax increases. Almost every day a...
Crain’s Chicago Business published an Op-Ed by Jim Tobin based on ITEF Comment 12-7 that dispells the myth that Illinois is a “low-tax” state. Illinoisans pay more than the average share of taxes according...