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As the debate on phony pension reform continues unabated in Springfield pundits on all sides of the issue continue talk about the IR or Interest Rate. This can be very confusing if you do…
Read MoreFrom the Illinois Policy Institute: IPI recently published a study titled “The crisis hits home: Illinois’ local pension problem.”
Read MoreCan you imagine what the press would do if a Republican administration used the IRS to investigate liberal organizations? From the Heritage Foundation: Former IRS official Lois Lerner once again refused to testify today…
Read MoreLast week we published the Top 10 Superintendents salaries. To show how excessive salaries effect pension liabilities we are publishing the Top 15 pensions in TRS all of which are former superintendents except James…
Read MoreWhen it comes to overpaid public employees it is difficult to argue that K-12 school superintendents aren’t at the top of the list. What exactly is it that supers do to justify $300,000 plus…
Read MoreThe state employee pension systems should be shut down and the state should get out of the pension business. When government unions are allowed to run up the cost of paying state employees to…
Read MoreSB1 Pension Reform bill – much ado about nothing. The good news: about 75% of state pensions will see COLA cuts adding up to $100 million. The bad news: that’s only about 1%…
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No, really? Impossible. From Heritage: Free cell phones for low-income Americans, one of the fastest growing welfare programs in the United States, is—by the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) own admission—rife with “waste, fraud and…
Read MoreFrom Ted Dabrowski at the Illinois Policy Institute: There’s immense pressure on Illinois legislators to pass a pension bill. With the state pension system nearing insolvency and credit agencies warning of further downgrades, the…
Read MoreBack on October 2nd the title of my post was, “People are not being reached; really, they’re not.” That can’t be said often enough. A perfect example of what people don’t know is the…
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A news release from Liberty Counsel: Washington, DC—The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has changed the definition of pedophilia again. In the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V) of Mental Disorders, the…
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In case you missed this article from last April, “Congress Quietly Repeals Congressional Insider Trading Ban, you might want to read it. It’ll answer the question: “How can a member of Congress become worth…
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Here’s an interesting article from Aaron M. Renn at City Journal about everyone’s favorite big city mayor: Rahm Emanuel inherited a tough challenge when he became mayor of Chicago in 2011: the city faced…
Read MoreChampionnews has a long tradition of reporting on the high and outrageous salaries paid to current employees especially those in the K-12 Industrial Complex. But Family Taxpayers Foundation (FTF) has done research that shows…
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Ladies and gentlemen, it doesn’t get any more corrupt and stupid than this. From CBS St. Louis: It’s an eye-opening story for Missouri and Illinois taxpayers. It turns out Missouri and Illinois are among…
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