Dist 211 Teacher Salaries 2003 – 2006
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Catalani – Teacher Pension Calculator
Prepared by Bill Zettler Bill Zettler is a free-lance writer and consultant specializing in public sector compensation. He can be contacted at this email address. Click here to read more by Mr. Zettler.
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Hintz – Teacher Pension Calculator
Prepared by Bill Zettler Bill Zettler is a free-lance writer and consultant specializing in public sector compensation. He can be contacted at this email address. Click here to read more by Mr. Zettler.
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Curley – Teacher Pension Calculator
Prepared by Bill Zettler Bill Zettler is a free-lance writer and consultant specializing in public sector compensation. He can be contacted at this email address. Click here to read more by Mr. Zettler.
Read More26 Million Reasons Why We Need to Reform Illinois Public Pensions
By Bill Zettler Gary Catalani District 200, $9.49 million, James Hintz Stevenson District 125, $8.63 million, and Mary Curley Hinsdale District 181, $8.20 million: total $26.32 million due in pension payments over their…
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If Warren Buffet is Right: Average Investment Return Is 6.5% not 8.5%
Then Annuity Contribution Chart: Teacher 8.4% vs. Employer 46% Prepared by Bill Zettler Assumes 6.5% Return Compounded instead of TRS Actuarial Assumption of 8.5% Assumes Starting Salary 34 Years Ago was $12,000 Increasing…
Read MoreAnnuity Contribution Chart: Teacher 8.4% vs. Employer 31%
Assumes 8.5% Return Compounded per TRS Actuarial Assumption. Assumes Starting Salary 34 Years Ago was $12,000 Increasing at 6.5%/yr (Teacher Retirement System Assumes 6.5%). Annual Salaries Years 28 to 34 Are From Il. Dept….
Read MorePension Contribution: Employee 8.4%, Employer 31% (or maybe 46%)
How do we value a pension for a public employee? We think it is fair and reasonable to compare the value of that pension by using the dollar amount needed to purchase a pre-paid…
Read More‘Moral Imperative’ Public Pension Tax Relief for All Illinois Families
By Bill Zettler Recently the Champion received an email from Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia’s School of Finance. In his email he questioned the assumptions made in some of the projections of…
Read MoreExpanding gambling is a bad idea even when introduced by someone other than Topinka
Yes, we’ve used that headline before – back in February when House Minority Leader Tom Cross pitched a plan to “sell” 6,000 additional gambling positions to casinos to raise hundreds of millions a year in new…
Read MoreABC News: Six-Figure Public Employee Pensions
This website was featured on the local ABC News on May 16, 2007, and website contributor Bill Zettler was interviewed. Here is an excerpt from the report: Even the pension of former U.S. president…
Read MoreABC News: Six-Figure Public Employee Pensions
The Family Taxpayers Foundation’s website, which used to host the teacher salary database now is found on this site, was featured on the local ABC News on May 16, 2007. Website contributor Bill Zettler…
Read MoreCandlelight Vigil for Taxpayers
I think we need a candlelight vigil for the taxpayers of Round Lake District 116. I bring this up after reading in the Herald how the teachers union in District 116 held candlelight vigils…
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$1,000 Per Day Pension for Former State Employee; Illinois Top 100 Pension Payouts 2005-2006 Fiscal Year
By Bill Zettler The top pension in 2006 was $357,800 or $980/day. To give you an idea of what that pension is worth think about it this way: the average Social Security pension is…
Read MoreHow much should a teacher make? A private sector equivalency calculation
By Bill Zettler We believe that teaching is an honorable and well-respected profession and teachers should be compensated in a manner equivalent to what private sector peers earn taking into account all fringe benefits….
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