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The Zettler Files: The Illinois Pension Scam

* THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION * Bill Zettler is the owner of a computer consulting company and an expert in public employee compensation. A dozen years ago Bill began an indepth investigation into…

Mr. Zettler – be careful

The title is the last line written on a weird, anonymous letter I received by mail today. It was sent to my business office from a PO box in Springfield. According to the letter…

Bill Zettler on WGN news discussing huge pension mistake

Bill Zettler, Director of Research for the Family Taxpayers Foundation was interviewed on WGN’s 9 o’clock news by anchor Lourdes Duarte. Duarte reported on a huge mistake in pension calculation for a former Quinn…

Bill Zettler on Fox News Twice RE: pensions

Family Taxpayers Foundation Director of Research Bill Zettler was interviewed on Fox news Wednesday June 19th about pensions by investigative reporter Dane Placko and later on appeared during the Fox Good Day Chicago newscast….

Just published from Bill Zettler: Illinois Pension Scam

From the book’s promotional page: Illinois’ state pension systems are in the worst financial condition of any state system in the country. According to Pew Research, Illinois ranks dead last with only 51% of…

Bill Zettler interviewed by Fox News Chicago: Chicago Union Leaders Grab Millions in Pension Loophole

Editor’s note – the following is from Fox News Chicago: Pension expert Bill Zettler said the special provision was slipped into state law decades ago by politicians eager to get union support. In his…

The Zettler Rx: Hitting the Reset Button (Part 2)

Editor's note: To read the entire series of excerpted recommendations by Bill Zettler for the next Illinois Governor, click here. To read all of Bill's work, click here. Teacher's 41%…

The Zettler Rx: Hitting the Reset Button (Part 1)

As more Americans wake up to the mess that’s been made of the government at the state and federal level, one thing has to be driven home: Solutions already exist to fix nearly every…

Bill Brady, meet Bill Zettler

Nationally the issue of state-level taxpayer-funded pension systems fills the headlines daily. If you’re not seeing them – you can get a daily digest of them at websites like Pension Watch. Illinois has been…

The Zettler Rx: Bill Brady speaking Chris Christie-esque on pension issue?

By John Biver Before continuing with our review of pension expert Bill Zettler's “what the next governor should do” segments, a note about a press story from yesterday. Crain's Chicago Business website reporter Greg…

The Zettler Rx: Stop Intergenerational Theft

By John Biver It's the case with just about every domestic policy issue: we must first accurately diagnose the problem. This is accomplished by using facts – and if it involves budgets and spending – honest…

The Zettler Rx: Brady needs to show courage when it comes to teacher pay and pensions

By John Biver In case you missed this story from the Bloomington Pantagraph, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady is “is taking heat from a teachers union over suggestions that school districts could consider foregoing…

The Zettler Rx: There are solutions – we only need leaders with brains and guts

By John Biver Continuing with our review of Bill Zettler's one-man-think-tank efforts on pension reform – I want to make a few very basic points first. Bill has diagnosed and prescribed the cure…

The Zettler Rx: What the next governor should do to clean up the state pension mess

Editor's note: The more that you learn about the State of Illinois' employee pension mess, the more you might be tempted to think there is no solution. That thought would be in error,…

Bill Zettler: It’s time to solve Illinois’ public pension problem

Editor’s note: Naperville Sun reporter Tim Waldorf recently spoke with state pension expert Bill Zettler about the Illinois pension mess. Waldorf’s article opens with this: Much is made of the pensions Illinois teachers and…