Category: Commentary

Stop Oak Park and River Forest District 200 from Raising Our Property Taxes on December 20! 1

Stop Oak Park and River Forest District 200 from Raising Our Property Taxes on December 20!

Brought to you by:  Protect District 200 Property Taxpayers Barb Langer, Ph.D., Founder and Barry Epstein, Ph.D., CPA, Forensic Accountant Contact:  NoNewTax@att.net The Board of Education (BOE) for Oak Park-River Forest High School (OPRFHS)...

Mayor Emanuel: Fire Striking Teachers, Or Be Fired Yourself 1

Mayor Emanuel: Fire Striking Teachers, Or Be Fired Yourself

View release as a PDF CHICAGO–Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should, for once, take the side of Chicago taxpayers and fire the city’s striking teachers, said Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA)....

Chicago Teachers’ Strike Would Be Just Plain Stupid! 0

Chicago Teachers’ Strike Would Be Just Plain Stupid!

View release as a PDF CHICAGO–Chicago teachers, who are the second-highest paid big-city teachers in the nation, are demanding an unconscionable pay hike while workers in the private sector struggle to keep their jobs,...

NATO Meeting Costly Ego-Trip For Chicago Pols 0

NATO Meeting Costly Ego-Trip For Chicago Pols

View release as a PDF CHICAGO—Chicago’s hosting of the May NATO meetings was an expensive ego-trip for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his fellow politicians, charged Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United of America...

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Warren Buffett Crowned King Of Hypocrisy

Click here to view News Advisory as a PDF CHICAGO–Warren Buffet is the king of hypocrisy and “should put a cork in it,” according to Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA)....

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Cigarette Tax Hikes Usually Backfire

Raising cigarette taxes in most instances have backfired on states hoping to get a windfall on the higher taxes. Unintended consequences are the rule, not the exception. States raising cigarette taxes usually find that...