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SHAWANO–The Vice-President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA), a leading national taxpayer organization, today condemned the decision of the owners of Shawano radio station WTCH 960 AM for pulling coverage of TUA’s report on outrageous government-employee pensions in the Shawano area.
“Our recent report on the ‘Top 25’ lavish, gold-plated pensions and generous salaries of government employees in the Shawano area was the front page top story in the Thursday, July 28 issue of the Shawano Leader,” said Christina Tobin, TUA Vice President. “Not only that, all three lists of Top 25 pensions for city, county, and government schools employees were printed in their entirety. The decision of WTCH to pull the story is puzzling and a bad omen for Shawano-area taxpayers.” Read more →
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CHICAGO–The President of a leading national taxpayer organization asked members of Congress to vote “No” on raising the federal debt limit.
“Government growth is out of control, and raising the federal debt limit would only accelerate this destructive trend,” said Jim Tobin, President of Taxpayers United of America (TUA). “It’s time for members of the U.S. Congress to show some backbone and kill any attempt to raise the federal debt limit. So far, both political parties have been throwing around meaningless figures, and any so-called cuts in spending they have described are cynical and misleading fabrications.”
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RACINE–A report released today by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that Racine-area government employees are not only receiving very generous salaries but that their estimated pension payments in many cases will be larger than some salaries in the private sector. Furthermore, over a normal lifetime, many of these government employees, when they retire, will become pension millionaires. Read more →
