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NTUI Blasts Illinois Republicans for Wasting Taxpayer Money on Petition-Challenge Schemes
Illinois Republicans should stop trying to throw candidates off the ballot for purely selfish reasons, resulting in disenfranchisement of voters and waste of taxpayer dollars, said Jim Tobin, President of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI). He called for Illinois Republicans to be fiscally responsible with their petition challenge efforts this year.
Five-Million-Dollar Pensions Enjoyed by Illinois State Cops– Part 2
“There are 3,500 employees in the Illinois State Police Department, but only 2,000 are certified troopers. We were astounded to find more than 35% of these 2,000 Illinois state troopers had salaries in excess of $100,000 per year,” said Jim Tobin, President of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation (ITEF). “No wonder some state cops receive [...]
Tobin in The Wall Street Journal
NTUI President Jim Tobin’s daughter, Christina, not only collects signatures to increase voter choice, she also defends candidates from being unfairly knocked off the ballot. The following article appeared in Section 1 of the June 15, 2010 edition of the Wall Street Journal and describes how the crooked Texas Democratic Party is attempting to discredit [...]
“Top Two” Primaries Benefit Tax-Raisers, Disenfranchise Tax-Cutters
The “Top Two Primaries Act,” most recently passed in California on June 8 as Proposition 14, is a cynical, devious and extremely dangerous way to choose candidates, charged Jim Tobin, President of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation.
Warren Harding and the Great Depression That Wasn’t
By Jerry Kohn If you attended a typical American high school and took a typical course in American history, you no doubt learned the great myths of the Great Depression. [i] You were likely taught that this depression was the result of greedy Wall Street speculators, inequality of wealth, and the “do nothing” Presidency of [...]
NTUI Members Defeat $1000 Lockport Tax Increase
On Thursday, May 27, we mailed 90 of our members in the city of Lockport regarding a June 2 vote to establish a new municipal tax on electric and gas utilities. Included in this mailing was a letter to the editorial department of the Joliet Herald News by Lockport resident and NTUI member Bill King, [...]
Grover Cleveland: Maybe the Last Great President
By Jerry Kohn Obsessed with the study of wars and other disasters, and fascinated by the exercise of raw power, historians typically glorify megalomaniacs like Lincoln and FDR. These historians generally overlook or ignore the wiser and humbler men who occupied the White House during more tranquil times. They fail to recognize that maintaining or [...]
