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Citizens from across Chicagoland joined together at Free and Equal’s July 4th Tea Party at Chicago’s Navy Pier. The protesters were united over their opposition of oppressive government programs, like the crippling income tax hike that has been pushed forward by Governor Pat Quinn. Read more

STATE UNIVERSITY RETIREMENT SYSTEM PENSIONERS PAY NOTHING FOR GOLD-PLATED MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR PENSION BENEFITS

By Bill Zettler

Of the top 100 pensions received by retired Illinois government employees, State University Retirement System (SURS) Pensioners receive the ten largest, ranging from $243,000 to $379,000 per year. In fact, these affluent retirees account for 84 of the top 100 largest pensions! What is generally not known is that SURS employees do not pay into the pension system; taxpayers pay it for them, and have since 1981. Over the course of a normal lifetime, these SURS retired employees have become multi-millionaires without ever putting in one dime of their own money. Read more

IT’S OFFICIAL: ILLINOIS FY2009 REVENUE HIGHER THAN FY2008

The figures just released from the Illinois Comptroller’s Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, (http://www.ioc.state.il.us) indicate that total state revenue for Fiscal Year 2009 is higher, not lower, than total revenue of Fiscal Year 2008, according to Jim Tobin, President of the Illinois Taxpayer Education Foundation (ITEF). Read more