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Police Pay and Benefits Higher Than More Dangerous Jobs

View as PDF CHICAGO—Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics do not support the perception that police officers have very high-risk jobs, or that there is a “war on cops,” according to Jim Tobin,...

Vote 'No' on Knox Community Schools’ Property Tax Increase Referendum! 0

Vote 'No' on Knox Community Schools’ Property Tax Increase Referendum!

View as PDF CHICAGO—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) is working with taxpayers in Indiana’s Knox Community School District to oppose the district’s property-tax-increase referendum that will appear on the district’s May 7, 2013 ballot....

200 ADDITIONAL IL STATE POLICE WILL COST TAXPAYERS $1.5 BILLION 0

200 ADDITIONAL IL STATE POLICE WILL COST TAXPAYERS $1.5 BILLION

View as PDF CHICAGO—Ill. Gov. Patrick Quinn’s proposal to add roughly 200 additional state police will cost Illinois taxpayers $1.5 billion, conservatively, over the troopers’ expected lifetime—a cost the bankrupt state and battered taxpayers can’t...

Whiteout Press | List of highest government pension recipients in US 0

Whiteout Press | List of highest government pension recipients in US

Findings from TUA’s nationwide pension project are featured in this story from Whiteout Press. May 1, 2013. San Francisco. The taxpayer watchdog group Taxpayers United of America just released a list of the highest,...

Fox 32 Chicago | Taxpayers United of America wants hiring freeze until pension crisis fixed 0

Fox 32 Chicago | Taxpayers United of America wants hiring freeze until pension crisis fixed

TUA’s recommendation for a freeze of all Illinois government-employee hiring was featured on Fox 32 Chicago. CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) – Taxpayers United of America wants the Illinois government to freeze employee hiring until pension...

Freeze Hiring Until Pension Reforms are Implemented 0

Freeze Hiring Until Pension Reforms are Implemented

view as a PDF CHICAGO – The President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today called for a freeze of all Illinois government-employee hiring until pension reforms are implemented. “Our most recent government pension...

News Radio WJPF | Illinois Tax Freedom Day featuring Jim Tobin 0

News Radio WJPF | Illinois Tax Freedom Day featuring Jim Tobin

Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United for America, appeared on News Radio WJPF to discuss Illinois Tax Freedom Day and TUA’s study on the highest pensions in Illinois. To listen, click on the image...