By Jerome Kohn
SPRINGFIELD—Here they go again. Today, hundreds of Illinois public school teachers will take the day off work (with pay of course) and make their annual pilgrimage to Springfield. Their goal: to bludgeon state lawmakers into coughing up even more of your tax dollars.
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CHICAGO–Former Illinois Governor Jim Edgar (R) is endorsing an increase in the state income tax while he is enjoying lavish, gold-plated pension benefits paid by Illinois taxpayers, charged Jim Tobin, President of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI).
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Illinois Radio Network, which serves more than 50 stations statewide, has reported two NTUI stories this month; one about National Tax Freedom Day on April 9 and another about a recent budget proposal which will cut state police presence. The following story was broadcast April 2 on KMOX Radio, the largest station in Southern Illinois.
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