Taxpayers Say: Fire The 630 Overpaid CTA Employees!
CHICAGO-The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization today recommended that the 630 CTA employees who would have to be fired in the “Doomsday” scenario-actually should be fired.
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ITEF Comment Vol. XIII Issue 6
Illinois Taxpayers Beat Back State Income Tax Increase 14 Years In a Row June 30, 1989, is a date that remains indelibly etched in the memories-and wallets-of Illinois taxpayers. That was the day of...
Front Group "A+ Illinois" Pushes 67% State Income Tax Increase To Pad Salary And Pension Benefits Of Government Employees
CHICAGO-The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization today charged that the organization, “A+ Illinois,” was attempting to deceive Illinois taxpayers by misrepresenting its proposed state income tax increase as “modest,” and that the benefits...
NTUI Releases Open Letter To Illinois Congressional Delegation Opposing Incrase In Federal Cigarette Excise Tax.
Dear Illinois Representative in Congress, As a taxpayer in Illinois, I urge you to oppose any increase in federal cigarette excise taxes. Raising federal cigarette excise tax rates from $.31 per pack to $1.00...
ITEF Comment Vol. XIII Issue 5
No “Revenue Crisis” As Total State Revenue Climbs $2.8 Billion In FY 2007 For the fifth year in a row, since ITEF began tracking state revenue, total Illinois state revenue is up from the...
INCOME TAX HIKE STALLED! MEDIA LOOKS TO NTUI FOR ANSWERS
Jim Tobin appeared WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight” for the second time recently on August 6, 2007. Sunday, June 24, 2007, starting at 9:13 a.m., NTUI President Jim Tobin appeared on WLS Channel 7’s ABC Morning...
ITEF Comment Vol. XIII Issue 4
Proposed State Income Tax Increase Will Not Cut Deficit, Only Increase Pension Benefits Total Illinois state revenues increased four billion dollars for fiscal year ending June 30, 2006. As the late U.S. Senator Everett...