Aug
18
2010
Carroll County School Teachers Thrive as Private Sector Struggles to Survive
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LAKE CARROLL–A study by the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation (ITEF) of public school salaries and benefits in Carroll County, Illinois, reveals that Carroll County has a 10.5% unemployment rate with an average full time wage of $30,420 per year, but that in Eastland School District 308, every teacher makes more than the average Carroll county worker. Fifty-nine percent of Dist. 308 teachers make more than twice the average salary of local residents.

Bob Hurka introduces Jim Tobin at our Lake Carroll meeting on August 14.
Jul
21
2010
By Jeff Trigg
The Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation’s analysis of Illinois’ state revenue for fiscal year 2010 shows an incredible $8.1 billion increase in total state revenue over fiscal year 2009. The state of Illinois has seen an increase in revenue of 11.22% since fiscal year 2009.
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Jun
22
2010
Five-Million-Dollar Pensions Enjoyed by Illinois State Cops– Part 2
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“There are 3,500 employees in the Illinois State Police Department, but only 2,000 are certified troopers. We were astounded to find more than 35% of these 2,000 Illinois state troopers had salaries in excess of $100,000 per year,” said Jim Tobin, President of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation (ITEF). “No wonder some state cops receive literally multi-million dollar, gold-plated pensions during their retirement.”
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Jun
16
2010
“Top Two” Primaries Benefit Tax-Raisers, Disenfranchise Tax-Cutters
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The “Top Two Primaries Act,” most recently passed in California on June 8 as Proposition 14, is a cynical, devious and extremely dangerous way to choose candidates, charged Jim Tobin, President of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation.
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Jun
14
2010
By Jerry Kohn
If you attended a typical American high school and took a typical course in American history, you no doubt learned the great myths of the Great Depression. [i] You were likely taught that this depression was the result of greedy Wall Street speculators, inequality of wealth, and the “do nothing” Presidency of Herbert Hoover. You also learned how a wise and inspiring hero by the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt saved America from this depression with his New Deal and then saved America all over again nearly ten years later (and from the same depression!) by involving the U.S. in World War II.
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May
19
2010
Illinois and Lincoln Set the Bar for Political Sleaze (Part 2 of 2)
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By Dennis Constant
As described in Part 1 of this series, the Chicago Tribune was one of Abraham Lincoln’s biggest champions during his bid for the presidency. Almost 150 years later, a May 16 Tribune editorial outlined the many ways in which Lincoln’s men orchestrated his nomination through deception and coercion.
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