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Bill Zettler’s findings are startling, and the word “scandal” is almost too mild to describe what has been going on when it comes to public government employee compensation. This has been a big problem nationally, but Illinois is particularly alarming.
Read MoreIt should go without saying that Republican state legislative leaders should be on the alert for programs and policies that smack of European-style socialism. Unfortunately it needs to be said, since as far as we can tell, not one Republican state legislator has ever compared the Illinois taxpayer-funded pension system to European socialism.
Read MorePersonal finance expert Terry Savage wrote an excellent book a few years ago titled “The Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Need to Retire?” She opens her introduction asking a few questions.
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This article about the state employee pension mess and the information war first posted six years ago today: Back on October 2nd the title of my post was, “People are not being reached; really,…
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State government employee pensions have been overpromised. Excessive taxes in Illinois are putting a strain on Illinois families — and 25 percent of our state budget pays those overly-generous pensions. Now, policy experts Ted…
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Before citing a few facts and linking to a few articles about our state’s corrupt pensions from the Illinois Policy Institute, let me outline reality in simple terms: the pensions systems cannot be fixed. They need…
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Last time when we focused on the writings of government employee compensation expert Bill Zettler (and author of Illinois Pension Scam), I failed to mention that Bill had some great lines over the years,…
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In preparation for the recording of an IFI Spotlight podcast, executive director Dave Smith asked me to do some research about the Illinois government’s employee pension problem. For me, it is not a fun…
Read MoreBefore citing a few facts and linking to a few articles from the Illinois Policy Institute, let me outline reality in simple terms: the pensions systems cannot be fixed. They need to be shut down,…
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It’s a sad tale of two cities. The news out of Washington, D.C. this spring is that President Donald Trump and the Republican majorities in Congress plan on cutting taxes. The unsurprising news out of Springfield,…
Read MoreRecommended Websites Bill Zettler’s archive dating back to 2005 about the Illinois government employee pension scam (page under construction) John Biver’s Dispatches on the 2016 Campaign Socialism, Bernie Sanders, Venezuela, and The Failure of…
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It’s not just ex-judges’ pensions that more taxpayers need to learn about — and if Republicans and conservatives were in the information war and reaching more people with the facts (like those found in…
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Editor’s note: Talk about a failure in the information war! Here is Bill Zettler’s article from ten years ago today — how few Illinois taxpayers understand the extent of legalized theft taking place at…
Read MoreGovernment pension expert Bill Zettler talks with Fox 32 News in Chicago: CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) – A retired doctor who worked for the state for less than five years is now collecting a…
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By Bill Zettler To those who object, under the Rubric of ethnic profiling, to the call for consistently scrutinizing young male Muslims from certain countries I ask the following: Has anyone heard of an…
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