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836 DuPage County Government Teacher Pensions in the top 6.6% National Income...
View as PDF Chicago—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of a new study of the pensioners of Naperville municipal, Naperville Police and Firefighters, and DuPage County...
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3 Illinois Counties Seek to Gouge Taxpayers With New 1% Sales Tax
View as PDF Chicago – Government bureaucrats in Wayne, White, and Edwards Counties have placed referenda on the November 4, 2014 ballot for voters to approve a 1% sales tax to supplement school...
View ArticleStrong Candidates Round Out the List of Tax Accountability’s 2014 Endorsements
View as PDF Chicago—Today, Tax Accountability (TA), the political action arm of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), announced its Illinois candidate endorsements for the November 4, 2014 general...
View ArticleTaxpayers United of America Media Coverage
View as PDF Following is media coverage for Taxpayers United of America. On October 15th, the Breeze Courier Online, based in Taylorville, Illinois and Christian County’s only daily, reported on TUA’s...
View Article411 Victories: Taxpayers Have Spoken!
View as PDF Chicago – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) helped local activists defeat Home Rule referenda in 5 out of 6 communities. This brings our total Illinois Home Rule referenda victories to 206!...
View ArticleSyverson First Republican Legislator to Call for State Income Tax Increase
View as PDF Chicago—Republican State Senator Dave Syverson, Rockford, IL, is calling for an extension of the state’s 67% “temporary” state income tax increase that is set to roll back to 3.25% on...
View ArticleStunning Champaign and Decatur Government Pensions Crush Taxpayers
View as PDF Chicago—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of a new study of the pensioners of the Cities of Champaign and Decatur, Macon and Champaign County government schools,...
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This is Why Judges Get Pensions
View as PDF Chicago—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) did not endorse or support the government pension reform that was passed last year because it fell drastically short of what is needed to...
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Taxpayers Demand Gov. Quinn Veto Property Tax Theft
View as PDF Before recently defeated Gov. Pat Quinn (D) leaves office, taxpayers urge that he veto SB 3341, a bill that passed through the state legislature December 3 and will increase the property...
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25th Anniversary of First Federal Entitlement Repeal
View as PDF Saturday marked the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage and Repeal Act of 1989, the first time a major federal entitlement was repealed. Victory seemed...
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TAXPAYER ALERT: STATE INCOME TAX HIKE POSSIBLE IN JANUARY
View PDF Illinois taxpayers may be blindsided by a January vote to make the 67% increase in the state income tax permanent, according to Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United of America. “Outgoing...
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Chicago Police and Fire Pensions: FAIL
View as PDF CHICAGO – Chicagoans aren’t getting their money’s worth for their police and fire departments, according to Illinois’s largest taxpayer organization, Taxpayers United of America (TUA). “Our...
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News Coverage of Chicago Police and Fire Pension Release
View as PDF CHICAGO – Yesterday, Taxpayers United of America (TUA) released the results of a new study of more than twelve thousand Chicago Police and Fire Department pensions. “There are thousands of...
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Alton Daily News | Six Figure Salary for Staffer
TUA President Jim Tobin was quoted by the Alton Daily News in a story about Sara Wojcicki Jimenez’ salary. Gov. Bruce Rauner has said he won’t take a salary or benefits. Neither will his wife. That’s...
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It’s What You Didn’t Say, Governor!
View as PDF Chicago – Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner delivered his first State of the State address to the Illinois General Assembly Wednesday, beginning his inaugural term as governor by outlining his...
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Abraham Lincoln’s Final Solution
View as PDF As Republicans gather for their annual dinner celebrations honoring the birth of the sixteenth president of these United States, it would serve the public well to reassess the legacy of...
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We Need More Details and Fewer Speeches, Gov. Rauner!
View as PDF Chicago – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner delivered his first budget address to the General Assembly today, allowing the first-term Republican an opportunity to outline his plan to address the...
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IL Govt. Pension Fiasco Sparks Media Coverage
View as PDF Chicago – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner delivered his inaugural budget address before the General Assembly yesterday, focusing in part on the government pension debacle afflicting the state....
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893+ Lake County and Waukegan Gov. Retirees Raking in Pensions Over $100,000!
View as PDF Chicago – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals in their latest government pension study that over 893 Lake County and Waukegan government retirees are collecting annual pension...
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Media Coverage of Midwest Government Pension Tension
View as PDF Chicago – For nearly a decade, Taxpayers United of America (TUA) has played a critical role in publicizing the government pension crisis that has developed around the country and...
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