Category: Pension Reform

Kenosha, WI Government Employees Rake in Huge Salaries and Lavish,  Gold-Plated Pensions 0

Kenosha, WI Government Employees Rake in Huge Salaries and Lavish, Gold-Plated Pensions

Click here to view Kenosha, WI government school’s top salaries and estimated pensions. Click here to view Kenosha County, WI’s top government salaries and estimated pensions. Click here to view the city of Kenosha,...

City and County of Shawano, Wisconsin, Stonewalling FOIA Requests 0

City and County of Shawano, Wisconsin, Stonewalling FOIA Requests

Click here to view this News Release as a PDF. SHAWANO, WI— “Both the City and County of Shawano, Wisconsin, are stonewalling Freedom of Information Requests (FOIA),” charged Christina Tobin, Vice President of Taxpayers...

Government School Employees and Retirees of Wayne County Revel at Taxpayer Expense 1

Government School Employees and Retirees of Wayne County Revel at Taxpayer Expense

Click here to view this News Release as a PDF. Click here to view Wayne County’s top government teacher pensions and salaries. Click here to view Wayne County’s top IMRF Pensions. WAYNE COUNTY–A new...

Revised “Top 100” IL Gov. Pensions Reveals Astronomical Monthly & Annual Payouts 1

Revised “Top 100” IL Gov. Pensions Reveals Astronomical Monthly & Annual Payouts

Click here to view Illinois’ Top 100 Government Pensions. Click here to view this News Release as a PDF. CHICAGO–A just-released study by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) of the Top 100 pensions received...

Gov't School Employees and Retirees of Oak Park Revel at Taxpayer Expense 0

Gov't School Employees and Retirees of Oak Park Revel at Taxpayer Expense

Click here to view this News Release as a PDF. OAK PARK–A new report by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that many government school employees and retirees of Oak Park school districts receive...

Government School Employees and Retirees of Wilmette SD 39 Revel at Taxpayer Expense 0

Government School Employees and Retirees of Wilmette SD 39 Revel at Taxpayer Expense

WILMETTE–A new report by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that many government school employees and retirees of Wilmette School District 39 receive lavish, gold-plated salaries and pensions that far exceed average annual wages...

Retired Chicago Police and Firemen Getting Rich From  Locally Funded Pensions (Revised) 22

Retired Chicago Police and Firemen Getting Rich From Locally Funded Pensions (Revised)

CHICAGO— Retired Chicago police and firemen receive lavish, gold-plated pensions, and, according to Jim Tobin, President of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation (ITEF), the reason Governor Patrick Quinn signed Senate Bill 3538, the $500,000,000...

$500 Million Property Tax Increase Unnecessary to Pay Lavish, Gold-Plated, Government Pensions of Chicago Retirees 0

$500 Million Property Tax Increase Unnecessary to Pay Lavish, Gold-Plated, Government Pensions of Chicago Retirees

CHICAGO—Chicago’s retired government employees receive lavish, gold-plated pensions, and, according to Jim Tobin, President of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation (ITEF), the real reason Governor Quinn signed the $500,000,000 Chicago property tax increase is...

Most of 67% State Income Tax Increase To Go Into Lavish, Gold-Plated Government Pensions 0

Most of 67% State Income Tax Increase To Go Into Lavish, Gold-Plated Government Pensions

OTTAWA–LaSalle County-area retired government employees receive lavish, gold-plated pensions, and, according to Jim Tobin, Chairman of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation (ITEF), the real reason Springfield politicians passed the 67% state income tax increase...

Top 50 GA Pensions Reveal Million Dollar Payouts As Tax Increase Looms 3

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

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....