No More Dialogue – Solution Is Here
View release as a PDF SAN FRANCISCO— It’s time to get the special interest money out of the electoral process. Free and Equal (F&E) and Taxpayers United of America (TUA) released lifetime pension payouts for San Francisco area government retirees. Taxpayers United of America and Free and Equal today revealed government employee pensions for the [...]
Governor Brown Fails Fresno
View release as a PDF FRESNO— Governor Brown only missed his budget by about $16 billion and still hasn’t connected the dots between the crisis and the government employee pensions. While residents across Fresno County face crushing taxes, falling home values, and high unemployment, the governor maintains favor with the union leaders by seeking a [...]
Governor Brown Fails Contra Costa
View release as a PDF PLEASANT HILL— Governor Brown only missed his budget by about $16 billion and still hasn’t connected the dots between the crisis and the government employee pensions. While residents across Contra Costa County face crushing taxes, falling home values, and high unemployment, the governor maintains favor with the union leaders by [...]
Uniting in the Pension Fight
SAN FRANCISCO – Christina Tobin, Founder and Chair of Free and Equal Elections Foundation and Vice-President of Taxpayers United of America, has been invited to attend the Pacific Research Institute’s discussion of public pensions. The event, Public Pension Tsunami: Closer to the Shore?, is a discussion presented by Pacific Research Institute. It will be held [...]
Brown will save California?
View release as a PDF SACRAMENTO— Lucky, lucky California! Today, Governor Brown announced a new budget! He was ‘off’ $16 billion on his last budget. But this time, yes this time, he’s sure he’s got it right! According to Brown, “You can never get it quite right…” No governor, YOU never got even close. He’s [...]
Government-Pension Crisis: #1 Budgetary Problem in U.S.
The government-pension crisis is the number one budgetary problem in the U.S., stated the Vice President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA). “The government-employee pension plans of a number of cities are headed toward default, and these sinking pension plans are the underlying reason why some cities already have declared bankruptcy and why more cities [...]
For REALLY Big Bucks, Try the State University System
View release as a PDF CHICAGO–The most outrageous pensions in all the Illinois state pension funds are to be found in the State University Retirement System (SURS), according to Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA). “If you want to see why the pension funds in Illinois are lurching toward insolvency, look no [...]
Chicago Police Pensions Worth Three Times Social Security Pensions With Less Time Worked
View release as a PDF CHICAGO–The average Chicago police pension is worth three times that of Social Security and police can retire with six years less work, according to research by Taxpayers United of America (TUA). “The maximum Social Security pension is $22,000 at age 62, with a minimum of 35 years of work,” said [...]
Rochester Government Pensions Reveal Need For More Reform
View release as a PDF ROCHESTER—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today revealed retired government employee pensions for Rochester and Olmsted County. Many Minnesota government employees are becoming pension millionaires when retired. “Many government retirees make more in pension payments than private sector taxpayers make in salaries,” stated Christina Tobin, TUA Vice President and Founder and [...]
Duluth Government Pensions Reveal Need For More Reform
View release as a PDF DULUTH—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today revealed retired government employee pensions for Duluth and St. Louis County. Many Minnesota government employees are becoming pension millionaires when retired. “Many government retirees make more in pension payments than private sector taxpayers make in salaries,” stated Christina Tobin, TUA Vice President and Founder [...]
Minneapolis – St. Paul Government Pensions Revealed!
View release as a PDF St. Paul—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today revealed retired government employee pensions for the Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, statewide government employees, and Hennepin and St. Louis Counties. Many Minnesota government employees are becoming pension millionaires when retired. “Many government retirees make more in pension payments than private sector [...]
Christina Tobin Testifies Against Proposed Chicago Speed-Trap Cameras, Receives News Coverage
View release as a PDF CHICAGO–Christina Tobin, Vice President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), testified against Chicago’s proposed speed-camera ordinance on Wednesday, April 11. Speaking before the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety in City Council Chambers at City Hall, Tobin urged the committee “To kill the proposal to add speed-cameras all over the [...]
TUA’s Christina Tobin To Speak Against Proposed Chicago Speed-Trap Cameras
View release as a PDF CHICAGO—Christina Tobin, Vice President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), will speak against Chicago’s proposed speed-camera ordinance on Wednesday, April 11. The Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety will convene at 1 PM in City Council Chambers at City Hall Wednesday, April 11, to discuss the proposed law. The proposed law would [...]
Pension Millionaires Draining Lifeblood from TRS Pension Fund
Click to view release as a PDF CHICAGO–Pension millionaires and pension high-rollers have sucked the lifeblood out of the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS), charged the President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), Jim Tobin. “According to the Chicago Tribune, the situation is so dire that the TRS website acknowledged that insolvency is a possibility,” [...]
TUA Receives Excellent Press Coverage With Release of New York Pension Info
NEW YORK – Taxpayers United of America has released the top pension estimates for New York State government teachers and employees. “We are shedding light at last, on the problems with New York’s government pension system,” said Christina Tobin, Vice President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), and founder and President of Free and Equal [...]
Clean Sweep: TUA Defeats All 7 Tax-Increase Referenda
View release as a PDF CHICAGO–The president of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today announced that “the organization, its members and supporters defeated the 7 tax-increase referenda yesterday.” “It’s a great victory for Illinois taxpayers,” said Tobin. “The seven ballot measures are the largest number of tax-increase referenda we have opposed in a single election [...]
Shame on New York: Pensions Kept in the Dark!
View release as a PDF NEW YORK—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) released a report this week revealing top government employee pensions with estimated lifetime payouts, for several New York counties as well as New York’s state government retirees, and statewide government teachers. Several New York cities, including NYC, have refused to provide the data requested. [...]
New York: Government Pensions Revealed, Not Yet Relieved!
View release as a PDF ROCHESTER—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today revealed retired government employee pensions for Monroe, Erie, and Onondaga Counties. Many New York government employees are becoming pension millionaires when retired. “Many government retirees make more in pension payments than the private sector taxpayers make in salaries,” stated Christina Tobin, TUA Vice President. [...]
Albany: Government Pensions Revealed, Not Yet Relieved!
View release as a PDF ALBANY—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today revealed retired government employee pensions for the County of Albany, New York’s state government retirees, and statewide government teachers. Many New York government employees are becoming pension millionaires when retired. “Many government retirees make more in pension payments than the private sector taxpayers make [...]
Philadelphia PA: Government Pensions Revealed!
View release as a PDF PHILADELPHIA—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today revealed retired government employee pensions for the City of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania statewide government teachers. Many Pennsylvania government employees are becoming pension millionaires when retired. “Many government retirees make more in pension payments than the private sector taxpayers make in salaries,” stated Christina Tobin, [...]
Pennsylvania Pensions Corrections
Monday, TUA (Taxpayers United of America) announced Pittsburgh public employee pension figures that were based on information obtained from Right-to-Know requests of city and county pension funds. Attorney for the pension fund, Jim South, said that the information they provided was inaccurate based on the actual request for pension data. “The figures were wrong, because [...]
Harrisburg PA: Government Pensions Revealed!
View release as a PDF HARRISBURG—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today revealed retired government employee pensions for Harrisburg, Dauphin County, and the State of Pennsylvania. Many Pennsylvania government employees are becoming pension millionaires when retired. “Many government retirees make more in pension payments than the private sector taxpayers make in salaries,” stated Christina Tobin, TUA [...]
Taxpayers Oppose City of Princeton’s Referendum for ‘Unlimited Home Rule Taxing Power’ on March 20
View release as PDF CHICAGO–The President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today urged voters in the City of Princeton, Illinois, to vote “NO” on the March 20 referendum to adopt unlimited home rule taxing power, adding, “Compared to the average income in Princeton, city politicians and bureaucrats already are living like kings.” “Right now, [...]
State Troopers & Corrections Officers Quick to Capture Lavish Pensions
View release as a PDF CHICAGO–A report just published by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) on the “Top 100” pensions of the State Employee Retirement System (SERS) revealed that 84 of the Top 100 are state troopers or corrections officers, and that 28 state troopers retired at age 50 and have pensions over $100,000. “If [...]
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