Category: Pension Reform

Chicago Government School Pensions Drive Chicago the way of the Motor City 0

Chicago Government School Pensions Drive Chicago the way of the Motor City

View release as a PDF Chicago—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of its second study of the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund (CTPF) which reveals many pensioners are on track to collect...

Shhh! Top Secret Milwaukee Multi-Million $$ Government Pensions 4

Shhh! Top Secret Milwaukee Multi-Million $$ Government Pensions

View release as a PDF Milwaukee—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of its study of the Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Municipal, and Milwaukee government school employees. “The State of Wisconsin refuses to...

Cook County Property Taxes Increase to Pay Government Pension Millionaires 1

Cook County Property Taxes Increase to Pay Government Pension Millionaires

View as a PDF Chicago—Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today released the results of its study of the Cook County Pension Fund (CCPF) top government pensions. “There are 276 Crook County pensioners getting over...

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Police Pay and Benefits Higher Than More Dangerous Jobs

View as PDF CHICAGO—Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics do not support the perception that police officers have very high-risk jobs, or that there is a “war on cops,” according to Jim Tobin,...

200 ADDITIONAL IL STATE POLICE WILL COST TAXPAYERS $1.5 BILLION 0

200 ADDITIONAL IL STATE POLICE WILL COST TAXPAYERS $1.5 BILLION

View as PDF CHICAGO—Ill. Gov. Patrick Quinn’s proposal to add roughly 200 additional state police will cost Illinois taxpayers $1.5 billion, conservatively, over the troopers’ expected lifetime—a cost the bankrupt state and battered taxpayers can’t...

Freeze Hiring Until Pension Reforms are Implemented 0

Freeze Hiring Until Pension Reforms are Implemented

view as a PDF CHICAGO – The President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today called for a freeze of all Illinois government-employee hiring until pension reforms are implemented. “Our most recent government pension...

WBBM Exclusive – Illinois’ Cushiest Government Pension Deal 0

WBBM Exclusive – Illinois’ Cushiest Government Pension Deal

View as PDF Jim Tobin, president of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) will discuss with Pam Zekman exclusively, the ‘Cushiest Illinois Government Pension Deal’. 10:00 p.m. news on Channel 2 WBBM TV Today, Monday,...