View as PDF In his in depth analysis of Illinois infrastructure, Cato Institute Senior Fellow Randal O’Toole, after clarifying that Illinois roads and bridges are actually in reasonably good condition, explores alternative funding for...
View as PDF Illinois taxpayers are being subjected to a relentless campaign to frighten them into supporting a huge increase in the state gasoline tax, including the claim that the state’s bridges are failing....
The real problem with Illinois’ transit infrastructure is not that it is worn out but that it is obsolete and no longer successfully serves the needs of the typical state resident.
View as PDF The Washington-based nonpartisan Tax Foundation just released an analysis of Illinois Governor Jay Robert “J.B.” Pritzker’s proposed graduated state income tax, and the results should have Illinois taxpayers running for cover, according to...
View as PDF View Pension Grids The Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) has launched an investigation of Cambria Community Services District’s (CCSD) retired government-employee pension promises. The report found that over a third of currently...
By Dennis Constant CHICAGO—The president of Taxpayer Education Foundation (TEF) today denounced the plans of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to spend $2.3 billion on extending the Red Line from 95th Street to 130th...
CHICAGO—Chicago’s finances are in such desperate shape that the city is among the worst five “sinkhole cities” out of 75 cities, according to an article appearing in the noted political newsletter, Wirepoints, by Mike...
View as PDF By Dennis Constant Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. – H. L. Mencken...
View as PDF The financial condition of Illinois is far, far worse than represented in the media, according to Mark Glennon, founder of the newsletter Wirepoints, as described in his November 21, 2018 edition....
View as PDF CHICAGO—The non-partisan, Washington-based Tax Foundation has publicized a new study that supports the contention that tariffs are bad for productivity and output. According to the foundation, a recent study by the...
