Top State Pension Drawing Heavy Fire
Greg Hinz, in his blog for Crain’s Chicago Business, writes: “As the state of Illinois sinks ever deeper into debt, a recent report listing the state’s top 100 recipients of state and local government pensions is worth a look — even if some of the language is a bit provocative. Read the rest of the [...]
NTUI featured on “You Paid for It” Rockford WREX
On Wednesday, October 20, WREX reporter Bob Schaper stopped by the NTUI office to interview president Jim Tobin and research contributor Bill Zettler about the bloated Illinois government retirement system. Armed with the 2009 edition of NTUI’s Illinois Top 100 Government Pension Payouts (download here), Jim and Bill exposed the vast discrepancy between government employee [...]
