CHICAGO–Illinois taxpayers should take a look at the top-100 salaries of Illinois government teachers. Then they should look at their latest real estate tax bills. The tax bills have been increasing because of bloated public school teacher salaries such as: a gym teacher making $184,029 a year…a guidance counselor making $183,182 a year…a driver education teacher making $167,351 a year…and the top salary, a music teacher making $189,434 a year.
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The non-partisan Tax Foundation, Washington D.C., this morning announced this year’s Tax Freedom Day for the nation as a whole, and for individual states. Tax Freedom Day is the day when Americans will finally have earned enough money to pay off their total tax bill for the year.
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CHICAGO—The Acting Director of the Illinois State Police, Jonathon Monken, has stated that without a 33% increase in state personal income taxes, he will lay off more than 460 state troopers and close five regional headquarters.
National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI) applauds this plan.
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