The state’s largest government-worker union has no strike fund, but refuses to agree to a contract taxpayers can afford.
From Illinois Policy 5/29/2016
The union-backed arbitration bill failed, but Illinois’ largest government-worker union is still without a contract.
Now that House Bill...
WHY THESE ILLINOIS HOUSE DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST MADIGAN’S BUDGET BILL
KEVIN HOFFMAN
REBOOT STAFF
MAY 26, 2016 2467 1
During a rancorous vote Wednesday night, Illinois House Democrats passed Speaker Michael Madigan’s $7.2 billion out-of-balance budget plan.
The 63-53-1 vote came amid vehement protest from...
The Most Unbalanced Budget in State History
Illinois Opportunity Project issued the following statement in response to Speaker Michael Madigan and House Democrats’ irresponsible budget that is unbalanced by $7.2 billion and forces a $1,000 tax hike on the average...
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Imagine spending more than you make.
Imagine spending more than you make for an entire year.
Imagine spending more than you make for 15 years in a row.
What would happen? Well, just look at the state of the state. Illinois lawmakers...
For years, Illinois taxpayers haven't been represented at the bargaining table between Illinois' largest government union and the state. Illinois' former governors cared more about appeasing the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees than protecting the taxpayers...
Where is Your Money Going?
By Geoffrey Pike | Friday, May 6, 2016
While President Obama complains about not getting enough credit for the economy, we should ask whether we really have that much to celebrate.
Obama says that the unemployment rate is...
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Staff expects raises each year as well as more money for adding responsibility. Each non-union employee seems to feel they need more because they do more or because they have done a good job for a long time....
MAY 15, 2013 @ 09:57 AM Forbes
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Many observers have pondered if the United States is following the same troubled path as Argentina. In the 1940s, Argentina’s Juan Domingo Perón used government agencies for political gain and created a...
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The Democrats have controlled Illinois for far too long and Chicago over 50 years. Doing the same bad policy and changing the name to sound good results in the same failures that make Illinois the most croupt, taxed,...
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Mapping the $100,000+ Illinois Teacher Pensions Costing Taxpayers Nearly $1.0 Billion
APR 22, 2016 Forbes
New numbers show that the 7,499 ‘highly compensated,’ six-figure school administrator/teacher retirees cost IL taxpayers nearly $1 billion per year. But in just six years,...
