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 [...]
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,” [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Taxpayers United Urges “NO” Vote on $400 March 20 Evanston-Skokie Sch. Dist. 65 Property Tax Increase Referendum
View release as a PDF CHICAGO–The President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today urged all voters in Evanston-Skokie School Dist. 65 to vote “NO” on the March 20 property tax increase referendum, adding, “Don’t build palaces for the bureaucrats.” “The salaries and benefits of government-school bureaucrats and teachers in Evanston-Skokie School Dist. 65 are [...]
Government Employees of Ford County Revel at Taxpayer Expense
Click here to view Ford County IMRF. Click here to view Ford County Teachers Pensions. Click here to view Ford County Teachers Salaries. RANTOUL, ILLINOIS–A report released today by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that Ford County government teachers and government employees are not only receiving generous salaries but that their estimated pension payments [...]
Retired CPS Teachers Getting Huge Pensions From Small Contributions
Click here to view Chicago Teacher’s Top 100 Pension Payouts To Date. CHICAGO — A list released by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) of the Top 100 pensions of retired Chicago Public School teachers shows that many of these retired teachers have already collected huge amounts of cash compared with their relatively small employee contributions, [...]
Proposed Chicago Traffic Speed Cameras To Protect Government Employee Pensions, Not Children
Chicago–The plan by the City of Chicago to install automated speed cameras in locations covering nearly half the city have nothing to do with protecting school children, but, rather, will be used to protect and bolster the lavish, gold-plated pensions of retired city government employees, according to the president of Taxpayers United of Illinois (TUA). [...]
Govt. School Employees and Retirees of Macon County Revel at Taxpayer Expense
Click here to view Macon County’s top government teacher pensions. Click here to view Macon County’s top university employee pensions. Click here to view Macon County’s top IMRF pensions. DECATUR–A new report by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that many government school employees and retirees of Macon County, Illinois receive lavish, gold-plated salaries and [...]
Gov’t School Employees and Retirees of Iroquois County, IL Revel at Taxpayer Expense
Click here to view Iroquois County’s top government teacher salaries. Click here to view Iroquois County’s top government teacher pensions. Click here to view the top IMRF pensions for Iroquois County. IROQUOIS COUNTY–A new report by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that many government school employees and retirees of Iroquois County, Illinois receive lavish, [...]
Illinois Tollway Trolls Raking in Lavish Salaries and Pensions
Click here to view the Illinois Tollway Top 100 Salaries and Estimated Pensions. “Almost doubling cash tolls on the Illinois Tollway system cannot be justified under any circumstances,” testified Christina Tobin, Vice President of Taxpayers United of Illinois (TUA), speaking at the tollway public hearing held in Schaumburg on Tuesday. “While we suffer through the [...]
Government School Employees and Retirees of Wayne County Revel at Taxpayer Expense
Click here to view this News Release as a PDF. Click here to view Wayne County’s top government teacher pensions and salaries. Click here to view Wayne County’s top IMRF Pensions. WAYNE COUNTY–A new report by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that many government school employees and retirees of Wayne County, Illinois receive lavish, [...]
Revised “Top 100” IL Gov. Pensions Reveals Astronomical Monthly & Annual Payouts
Click here to view Illinois’ Top 100 Government Pensions. Click here to view this News Release as a PDF. CHICAGO–A just-released study by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) of the Top 100 pensions received by retired government employees in Illinois, funded by the state’s pension programs, reveals “absolutely astounding” cash payouts, according to the Vice [...]
Total IL Government Retirees Receiving Over $100,000 a Year Soars 22% to 5,294
Click here to view this ITEF Comment as a PDF. The number of retired Illinois government employees receiving pension benefits of over $100,000 a year has climbed to 5,294 as of April 1, 2011, an increase of 22% from June 30, 2010, according to the president of Taxpayers United of America (TUA). Of the six [...]
Gov’t School Employees and Retirees of Oak Park Revel at Taxpayer Expense
Click here to view this News Release as a PDF. OAK PARK–A new report by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that many government school employees and retirees of Oak Park school districts receive lavish, gold-plated salaries and pensions that far exceed average annual wages of workers in the private sector. “These outrageous state-funded government-employee [...]
Government School Employees and Retirees of Wilmette SD 39 Revel at Taxpayer Expense
WILMETTE–A new report by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that many government school employees and retirees of Wilmette School District 39 receive lavish, gold-plated salaries and pensions that far exceed average annual wages of workers in the private sector. “These outrageous government-employee pensions are bankrupting the state,” said Jim Tobin, President of TUA. “Springfield [...]
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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