McLean County's Retired Government Employees Enjoy Gold-Plated Pension Benefits That Exceed Local Annual Wages

By on January 5, 2011   /   News Releases  

BLOOMINGTON–A new report by pension researcher Bill Zettler reveals that many McLean County retired government employees receive lavish, gold-plated pensions that far exceed average annual wages of workers in the private sector.

“These government-employee pensions are bankrupting the state pension funds,” said Jim Tobin, President of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI). “That’s the real reason Gov. Patrick Quinn (D) wants to raise the state personal income tax anywhere from 33% to 66%. He wants to pump taxpayer dollars into the state’s floundering pension programs.”

Christina Tobin, President of The Free and Equal Elections Foundation, speaks at an NTUI press conference in Bloomington on January 5, 2011.

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Sky-High Pensions Of Sangamon County Retired Government Employees Push State Pension Funds Toward Bankruptcy

By on January 4, 2011   /   News Releases  

SPRINGFIELD–A new report by pension researcher Bill Zettler reveals that many Sangamon County retired government employees receive lavish, gold-plated pensions that far exceed average annual wages of workers in the private sector.

“These government-employee pensions are bankrupting the state pension funds,” said Jim Tobin, President of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI). “That’s the real reason Gov. Patrick Quinn (D) wants to raise the state personal income tax up to 67%. He wants to pump taxpayer dollars into the state’s floundering pension programs.”

You can watch the video from NBC WAND TV’s coverage of the press conference below. NTUI has no control over the content, including advertising.


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Top 50 GA Pensions Reveal Million Dollar Payouts As Tax Increase Looms

By on January 3, 2011   /   News Releases, Pension Reform  

CHICAGO–Jim Tobin, President of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI), today released the latest pension study of pension researcher Bill Zettler: the Top Fifty pensions received by former members of the Illinois General Assembly.

“Governor Quinn and the lame duck General Assembly are desperate to increase tax revenues any way they can to ensure that these outrageous, lavish pensions are available to themselves when they retire.Under the current pension program, General Assembly members are guaranteed to be millionaires if they can collect for only eight to ten years.Protecting this rite of passage has become their highest priority, despite the terrible financial situation in which most Illinoisans find themselves.Under the guise of securing the financial future of the Illinois general fund, Quinn and his conspirators are trying to push any tax increases that they can.”

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