Click to view release as a PDF CHICAGO–Pension millionaires and pension high-rollers have sucked the lifeblood out of the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS), charged the President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), Jim...
TUA’s defeat of 7 tax-increasing referenda was mentioned at the end of the following article by the Daily Herald. Despite a tender economy, a healthy majority of voters in Libertyville and Kildeer felt paying...
Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United for America, is quoted in the following story from the Daily Herald. At a time when property values have gone down considerably, many suburbs have sharply increased how...
Raising cigarette taxes in most instances have backfired on states hoping to get a windfall on the higher taxes. Unintended consequences are the rule, not the exception. States raising cigarette taxes usually find that...
CHICAGO–Plaintiffs against the Ill. State Toll Highway Authority filed an amended complaint today in Cook County Circuit Court. Plaintiffs consist of James L. Tobin, Christina Marie Tobin, Kenneth Malo, John Guild, Rae Ann McNeilly,...
Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United for America, is quoted in the following article by the Belleville News Democrat. SPRINGFIELD — State legislators from the metro-east say they’re open to the idea of shifting...
CHICAGO–The President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA) today condemned the Civic Federation’s recommendation that the state tax on a pack of cigarettes be raised $1-a-pack. “Not only would such a huge tax increase...
The following article in the examiner.com features TUA’s lawsuit against the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. December 21, 2011. Chicago. Technically, it’s not a tax. The money the people of Illinois pay to use...
Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United for America, was interviewed by WBBM Newsradio’s John Cody for the following CBS Chicago article. CHICAGO (CBS) — You might not know it yet, but coming soon to...
Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United for America, is quoted in the following article by the Daily Chronicle. By KATE SCHOTT – kschott@shawmedia.com Public employee pensions in Illinois have been a hot topic of...
