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CHICAGO ABANDONS STUDENTS… ITS FUTURE

In a long history of mismanagement, Chicago bureaucrats have done nearly everything possible to destroy the most magnificent city in the mid-west. Now its future is on the chopping block.

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DESPITE HARSH RESTRICTIONS, ILLINOIS COVID19 DEATH RATE HIGHER THAN ALL NEIGHBORING STATES

“Illinois Governor Jay Robert ‘J. B.’ Pritzker, probably the most incompetent governor in the history of the state, is crushing Illinois small businesses with his Draconian lockdown measures,” said Jim Tobin, economist and president of Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF). “Yet, despite being the10th most restrictive state, Illinois’ COVID-19 death rate is higher than all of its neighbors.”

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POLITICAL, NOT MEDICAL AGENDA DRIVES LOCKDOWNS

View as PDF“The far-left politicians in Blue States who are pushing stricter-and-stricter lockdowns supposedly to contain the COVID-19 virus have an agenda, but their agenda has nothing to do with medicine,” said Jim Tobin,...

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Investigating Chicago’s Budget Woes: Initial Findings

After destroying Chicago’s economy with her unconstitutional lockdowns, Lori “Lockdown”
Lightfoot is seeking a projected estimate of a $94 million dollar increase in Chicago’s
property tax. In response, the Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) has launched an
investigation to see whether the tax increases are justified.

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STATE EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM SHOWS WHY GOV. PENSIONS ARE BANKRUPTING ILLINOIS

Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker and his allies in the Democrat-controlled Illinois General Assembly are trying to convince voters that their constitutional amendment to the Illinois Constitution, on the November 3 statewide ballot, would create a “fair” graduated state income tax. They make the astonishing claim that taxes would be raised only on those who can afford it, and that middle- and lower-class families would not be adversely affected.

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PRITZKER AND SPRINGFIELD DEMS BOMBARD TAXPAYERS WITH LIES ABOUT THEIR INCOME THEFT AMENDMENT

Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker and his cronies in the Democrat-controlled Illinois General Assembly are telling voters that their proposed constitutional amendment to the Illinois Constitution on the November 3 statewide ballot would be a “fair” tax increase. They make the astonishing claim that their proposed graduated state income tax would raise taxes only on those who can afford it, and that middle- and lower-class families would not be adversely affected. This is a barefaced lie.