View as PDF “Home Rule means Home Ruin.” – Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF). In 1970, Illinois adopted a new constitution that designated any municipality with a population greater than 25,000...
View as PDF Champaign—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of a new study of the pensioners of the Cities of Champaign and Decatur, Macon and Champaign County government schools, Richland Community...
View as PDF Chicago – Government bureaucrats in Barrington, Lake Zurich, Lynwood, Crestwood, and Matteson have placed referenda on the November 4, 2014 ballot for voters to approve Home Rule status for these villages. According to Taxpayers United of America...
Contact: Jared Labell (773) 766-4947 (312) 427-5128 jared@taxpayereducation.org View as PDF The Cato Institute released its 12th biennial fiscal report card earlier this month regarding the budget records of America’s governors from January 2012–August...
View Release as PDF Freeport—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of a new study of the pensioners of Freeport municipal, Stephenson County governments, Stephenson County government schools, Freeport retired police and...
View Release as PDF CHICAGO—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) will celebrate its 38th anniversary on June 27, 2014, according to Katie McNeilly, TUA Director of Operations. “TUA has grown to become one of the...
View Release as PDF CHICAGO—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of their updated study of the top pensioners of Illinois state pension funds, including SURS, TRS, IMRF, and GARS. “Illinois leaders,...
View as PDF PEORIA—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of a new pension study of the pensioners of Peoria municipal and county government, Peoria County government schools, and Illinois Central College....
The non-partisan Tax Foundation in Washington, DC, just released its annual calculations for its Tax Freedom Day (TFD), and the news is not good.
Tax Freedom Day is the day when US taxpayers have earned enough money to pay their total tax bill for the year. After that day, the money is the taxpayers’ to keep.
TUA’s pension project on Winnebago County, Illinois, is featured in this news story from WIFR TV. Watch video of the story here. WINNEBAGO COUNTY (WIFR) — The Chicago-based Taxpayers United of America released a...
