Give Chicago Teachers Pink Slips
View as PDF CHICAGO—The financially troubled Chicago Public Schools (CPS) should lay-off scores of teachers and significantly increase class size to save money, according to the president of one of...
View ArticleINCREASING CLASS SIZE KEY TO SOLVING CPS FISCAL WOES
CHICAGO—The Chicago Board of Education can help homeowners avoid another massive property tax increase by shedding thousands of teachers, according to the president of one of the country’s largest...
View ArticleDECATUR DECIMATED BY GOV. PENSION TAX INCREASES
DECATUR, IL – Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today released its updated study on Decatur area Macon County government pensions, including the top 200 pensions in the Teachers Retirement System...
View ArticlePoliticians Pave Way for Municipal Income Tax
Chicago –After promising their overpaid bureaucrats lavish pensions, local governments have come up with a novel new way to squeeze money from taxpayers. In an audacious move, local politicians are...
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James R. Thompson: The Ghost Haunting Illinois
View as PDF On August 14, 2020 James R. Thompson (R) passed away. Big Jim Thompson, as he was known, was the 37th and longest-serving governor of the state of Illinois, serving from 1977 to 1991....
View ArticleILLINOIS POLITICIANS PROPOSE TO RAISE GASOLINE TAXES BASED ON MISREPRESENTED...
View as PDF Illinois Governor Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker is pushing for a huge increase in Illinois’ sales tax on gasoline as he and his collaborators in the general assembly justify their actions...
View ArticleTAX FREEDOM DAY AGAIN FALLS ON APRIL 16
View as PDF CHICAGO—The Washington-based nonpartisan Tax Foundation has released this year’s date for “Tax Freedom Day,” which is the same as last year: April 16. “Tax Freedom Day is a significant...
View ArticleJAIL PRITZKER, FREE TAXPAYERS!
View as PDFIll. Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker, the corpulent con-man acting on behalf of Chicago’s Democrat political machine, could find himself sharing a jail cell with former Ill. Gov. Rod...
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Taxpayers In Springfield Protest Pritzker’s New Middle Class Taxes
View as PDF Springfield–Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), and other taxpayer activists staged a protest in the Illinois State Capitol Building on May 21. The protest was held...
View ArticleGOV. PRITZKER ORCHESTRATES REGRESSIVE TAXES ON MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR
View as PDF The president of Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization today issued a statement condemning Gov. Jay Robert “J. B.” Pritzker for betraying Illinois’ middle class and poor by significantly...
View ArticleGive Chicago Teachers Pink Slips
View as PDF CHICAGO—The financially troubled Chicago Public Schools (CPS) should lay-off scores of teachers and significantly increase class size to save money, according to the president of one of...
View ArticleINCREASING CLASS SIZE KEY TO SOLVING CPS FISCAL WOES
CHICAGO—The Chicago Board of Education can help homeowners avoid another massive property tax increase by shedding thousands of teachers, according to the president of one of the country’s largest...
View ArticleDECATUR DECIMATED BY GOV. PENSION TAX INCREASES
DECATUR, IL – Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today released its updated study on Decatur area Macon County government pensions, including the top 200 pensions in the Teachers Retirement System...
View ArticlePoliticians Pave Way for Municipal Income Tax
Chicago –After promising their overpaid bureaucrats lavish pensions, local governments have come up with a novel new way to squeeze money from taxpayers. In an audacious move, local politicians are...
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James R. Thompson: The Ghost Haunting Illinois
View as PDF On August 14, 2020 James R. Thompson (R) passed away. Big Jim Thompson, as he was known, was the 37th and longest-serving governor of the state of Illinois, serving from 1977 to 1991....
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