The plan by Midwestern states to squander up to $12 billion of federal funds on a “Midwest Regional Rail Plan” is a disaster in the making, according to Randal O’Toole, Cato Institute senior fellow specializing in land‐use and transportation issues.
Illinois has been so poorly managed for decades that even Illinoisans now accept the folly of the string of failed politicians and bureaucrats.
Taxpayer Education Foundation of Illinois (TEF) published its 2020 overview of the Illinois government pension system, and its analysis of the State Retirement System of Illinois (SERS) and the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF)
View as PDF A top UK epidemiologist quoted in The Times of London stated that there has been no recorded case of a teacher catching the coronavirus from a pupil anywhere in the world....
If the proposed graduated state income tax proposed by Illinois Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker is approved in the November 3 statewide election, retirement income of Illinois residents very likely will be taxed, a new study shows.
Government pensions affect every taxpayer in Illinois. Now Pritzker’s pension madness threatens to reach across the state and ravage taxpayers with the most insidious effect of Covid-19: theft of taxpayer wealth. As businesses and workers across the country struggle to keep afloat during this pandemic, Pritzker promises to increase your taxes.
Raising taxes for “infrastructure” is a scam that helps politicians but not commuters, according to Jim Tobin, president of Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF).
Chicago — Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today released the results of its 13th annual Illinois state pensions report.
Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) has released its report on Illinois Government Pensions, which revealed that despite a booming stock market, the six largest Illinois pension funds owe $141,481,548,163 that the funds do not have....
