National Taxpayers United of Illinois to hold Champaign news conference today to oppose 67% Income Tax Increase.

Posted by c.tobin on November 18, 2010 | No Responses

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Jim Tobin, the president of National Taxpayers United of Illinois (NTUI), Illinois’ largest taxpayer organization, will hold a news conference in Champaign today, Thursday, Nov. 18, at 10 a.m. The news conference will be at the Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion Room A and B, 200 W. Green Street.

Tobin will discuss the results of a new study by pension researcher Bill Zettler, which shows that the lavish, gold-plated pensions received by retired government employees are bankrupting state pension funds — the real reason Gov. Patrick Quinn (D) wants to raise the state income tax, in order to pump more taxpayer dollars into these floundering pension funds.

Tobin will compare these pension payments with the median income of local workers in the private sector, and show that government employee pension payments exceed wages in the private sector. He also will discuss reforms to the state pension funds that would make tax increases and service cuts unnecessary.

Christina Tobin, Jim’s daughter and President of The Free and Equal Elections Foundation, will be speaking in support of a bill to allow all Illinois candidates the option of a $500 fee to get on the ballot, in lieu of signature collection. She is also scheduled to speak about the bill to the Chicago Bar Association for Electoral Reform.

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Founded in 1976, NTUI is the largest taxpayer organization in Illinois with over
30,000 members and supporters and affiliation with more than 200 local taxpayer groups.

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Posted by c.tobin on January 7, 2010 | No Responses

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Posted by c.tobin on December 15, 2009 | No Responses

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Posted by c.tobin on September 28, 2009 | No Responses

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