Category: Pension Reform

Featured / Latest / Pension Data / Pension Reform

May 27, 2020

148,654 Illinois Government Pension Millionaires!

Government pensions affect every taxpayer in Illinois. Now Pritzker’s pension madness threatens to reach across the state and ravage taxpayers with the most insidious effect of Covid-19: theft of taxpayer wealth. As businesses and workers across the country struggle to keep afloat during this pandemic, Pritzker promises to increase your taxes.

Illinois / Pension Reform

September 6, 2018

Lake Forest Government Retirees 2018 Pensions

Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) has released its report on Illinois Government Pensions, which revealed that despite a booming stock market, the six largest Illinois pension funds owe $141,481,548,163 that the funds do not have....

Pension Reform

September 6, 2018

Village of Mount Prospect Government Retirees 2018 Pensions

Illinois / Latest / Pension Reform / TEF

September 4, 2018

Millionaire Teachers: TRS Full Release Part 1

Illinois / Latest / News Releases / Pension Reform / Press / TEF

June 22, 2018

12th Annual Illinois Pension Report

View as PDF Report Overview Retired Government Employees Receiving $100,000+ Annually Chicago – Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today released its 12th annual report on the Illinois statewide government pension systems. Every year, TEF analyses...

Commentary / Latest / News Releases / Pension Reform / TEF

June 4, 2018

North Side Residents Drown From Higher Property Taxes

North side residents drown from higher property taxes as The Illinois Pension Crisis worsens.

Latest / News Releases / Pension Reform / TEF

May 14, 2018

Illinois Government Pension Rip-off

Like all of the government-employee pension funds in the state, SERS is bound by law to keep unrealistic promises made to government employees, but it is taxpayers who are forced to fund them.