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Television coverage

On May 27, 2008 Jim Tobin was interviewed by Chicagoland TV (CLTV) and Fox TV Chicago to discuss huge increases in total state revenue since 2003 and the 2,500 government pension millionaires.

ITEF Comment Vol. XIV Issue 4 0

ITEF Comment Vol. XIV Issue 4

Capital Spending Plan Proposal Is Replay Of 1999 Spending Binge The current “Capital Plan,” languishing in the Illinois General Assembly, is reminiscent of the six massive “Illinois First” pork barrel spending bills of 1999....

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ITEF Comment Vol. XIV Issue 3

Total State Revenues Climb For Sixth Year In A Row CHICAGO- For the sixth year in a row, since ITEF began tracking state revenue, total Illinois state revenue is significantly up from the previous...

Taxpayers Defeat Graduated Income Tax Amendment SJRCA92 0

Taxpayers Defeat Graduated Income Tax Amendment SJRCA92

Good news out of Springfield yesterday as the state senate voted on SJRCA92. This graduated income tax amendment needed 3/5 majority to pass, yet SJRCA92 received only 32%. We crushed this bill with only...

Don't forget about HB750 0

Don't forget about HB750

We have been very successful getting our voices out about our displeasure with recently proposed tax increases such as SB 2288 and HJRCA 42. There is one bill that has been sitting on the...

Taxpayers Oppose Pension-Millionaires-Bill HB 1702 1

Taxpayers Oppose Pension-Millionaires-Bill HB 1702

CHICAGO—The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization yesterday urged State Senators to oppose the House Bill 1702 amendment, sponsored by St. Sen. Don Harmon (D-39, Oak Park), which would add more categories of retired...

Taxpayers Oppose State Graduated Income Tax Amendment 2

Taxpayers Oppose State Graduated Income Tax Amendment

CHICAGO—The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization today urged members of the Illinois State Senate to oppose SJRCA 92, a proposed amendment to the Illinois Constitution that would convert the state personal and corporate...

Obama Worst Choice For Beleaguered Taxpayers 0

Obama Worst Choice For Beleaguered Taxpayers

CHICAGO—Sen. Barack Obama’s voting record, while a State Senator in the Illinois General Assembly, shows that he would be the worst possible choice for already-overtaxed U.S. taxpayers, according to Jim Tobin, President of National...

ITEF Comment Vol. XIV Issue 2 0

ITEF Comment Vol. XIV Issue 2

Millions Of Dollars Wasted On Redundant Douglas “L” Line As Taxpayers’ Warnings Are Ignored “I hate to say I told you so,” said Jim Tobin, President of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI), “but...