Taxpayers Say Illinois Income Tax Hike is Legal Plunder
Jared Labell | Executive Director 312 427-5128 | 773 766-4947 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2017 View as PDF View online CHICAGO—With the help of Republican Sen. Dale Righter (Mattoon-55), the Illinois...
View ArticleMerrionette Park Politicians Using Taxpayer Dollars To Push For Unlimited...
View as PDF CHICAGO—The president of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today condemned the politicians running the Village of Merrionette Park, IL, for using taxpayer dollars to urge its taxpayers to...
View ArticleTax Accountability Endorses Magnificent Seven Republican McHenry Township...
Tax Accountability, the political action arm of Taxpayers United of America, is proud to endorse the Magnificent Seven Republican McHenry Township candidates for the April 4 election. Springfield has...
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Get Out and Vote Tomorrow, April 4!
View as PDF Chicago, IL – Tomorrow is election day in Illinois and government bureaucrats across the state want voters to approve tax increases on their ballots. Taxpayers United of America (TUA) is...
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Don’t forget to vote today!
Chicago, IL – Today is election day in Illinois! Taxpayers United of America (TUA) is opposing seven property tax increase referenda on the ballot April 4, 2017, alongside our local supporters. Polls...
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423 Victories for Taxpayers and TUA Since 1977
View as PDF Chicago – Taxpayers Untied of America (TUA) and our supporters once again helped defeat home rule referenda in two communities and defeat another property tax increase referendum on the...
View ArticleHow the Fed Helped Pay for World War I
On the 100th Anniversary of the U.S. entering World War I, we look back on the history of that conflict, including how the government financed U.S. participation and the consequences of fighting a “war...
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Tax Freedom Day 2017: How Free Are We?
Tax Day 2017 has passed for individual taxpayers, but America’s tax bill is still due, and it’s a big one. Taxpayers won’t pay off this year’s local, state, and federal tax burden totaling $5.1...
View Article11th Annual Report Illinois State Pensions
View as PDF Unsustainable Illinois Govt. Pensions Driving State to Bankruptcy CHICAGO — Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of its 11th Annual Illinois State Pensions Report....
View ArticleRobocalls targeting three local House districts with strong message against...
Jim Tobin, Taxpayers United of America’s (TUA) president, was quoted in the Madison-St. Clair Record’s article about TUA’s efforts to ensure the defeat of any proposed Illinois state income tax rate...
View ArticleTaxpayers Say Illinois Income Tax Hike is Legal Plunder
Jared Labell | Executive Director 312 427-5128 | 773 766-4947 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2017 View as PDF View online CHICAGO—With the help of Republican Sen. Dale Righter (Mattoon-55), the Illinois...
View ArticleMerrionette Park Politicians Using Taxpayer Dollars To Push For Unlimited...
View as PDF CHICAGO—The president of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today condemned the politicians running the Village of Merrionette Park, IL, for using taxpayer dollars to urge its taxpayers to...
View ArticleNorth Side Residents Drown From Higher Property Taxes
View as PDF Chicago – North side residents drown from higher property taxes as The Illinois Pension Crisis worsens. Already burdened by some of the highest property taxes in the country, Chicago...
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHY CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS HAVE LOST...
View as PDF CHICAGO—A recent Chicago Tribune article called attention to Chicago’s having lost 3,825 residents last year and 4,879 residents in 2016, and to the fact that Chicago metropolitan area lost...
View ArticleRockford Pensions Release
This story has been featured by CBS and NBC. Click here to view the CBS report, and click here to view the NBC report. Click here to view as PDF Rockford – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today...
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“PROPERTY TAX RELIEF” BIG LIE GETS NEW LIFE FROM CANDIDATE J. B. PRITZKER
Click here to view as PDF. CHICAGO—J. B. Pritzker, the Democrat candidate for Illinois Governor, has resurrected the tired old lie that state tax increases will lead to “property tax relief,”...
View ArticleBATAVIA CITY OFFICIALS USE PUBLIC MONEY TO FIGHT MOVE TO REPEAL HOME RULE...
View as PDF CHICAGO—A Batavia resident supporting repeal of the municipality’s home rule taxing powers has filed a complaint with the Ill. State Board of Elections charging that some city officials...
View ArticleSangamon Pension Promises Strap Taxpayers
View as PDF Click here to view the Taxpayer Education Foundation’s 12th annual pension study Springfield – Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released its updated study on Springfield, Illinois...
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Evanston To Close Fire Station and Lay Off Police To Pay Lavish City Pensions
View as PDF Evanston – ABC 7 News has released a report on the City of Evanston’s financial woes. The city has reported a massive deficit of over $7 million dollars causing a budgetary crisis....
View ArticleILLINOIS HAS SIXTH-HIGHEST PROPERTY TAXES IN THE U.S.
View as PDF CHICAGO—Not only has Illinois lost more population than any other state, but, according to the nonpartisan Washington, D.C. Tax Foundation, only 5 states have higher property taxes. “No...
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