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Taxpayers United of America (TUA) is working with local taxpayers to defeat a property-tax-increase referendum placed on the April 6, 2021 ballot by Lemont-Bromberek School Dist. 111A. 

“This property-tax-increase referendum, if passed, would increase property taxes $96.57 for DuPage County and $84.56 for Cook County per $100,000 of home value,” said Jim Tobin, economist and TUA president. “The Illinois unemployment rate is 7.6% and climbing, and, yet, the district wants to raise taxes during a pandemic.” 

“Current enrollment does not warrant reopening Central School.” 

“25% of state spending is used to pay pensions of retired government employees. Taxpayers need to know this. That’s where a lot of taxpayer dollars are going. Saying that tax dollars go to ‘the children’ is a myth and a scam.” 

“We have released our study of School Dist. 113A top pensions. Here are the top two pensions:”

“Thomas Cusack retired at age 62, and received an annual pension in 2020 of $172,023. His pension payments to date total $2,011,837.” 

“Thomas Reiter retired at the young age of 55, and has done very well for himself. Reiter received an annual pension in 2020 of $141,674. His pension payments to date total a whopping $2,154,837.” 

“It’s time school districts come clean with their constituents. While taxpayers are struggling to pay their bills during this pandemic, government school teachers are raking in huge salaries and lavish, gold-plated pensions, at taxpayer expense.”

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A new study of states with the highest & lowest tax rates by John S. Kiernan, Managing Editor, Wallethub, showed that of the 50 states and Dist. of Colombia, Illinois was dead last, coming in as number 51 (highest number best). Using their formula, they found that Illinois had the highest tax rates in the country.

According to the study, every year the average U.S. household pays over $8,800 in federal income taxes, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and that there is a significant difference when it comes to state and local taxes. Taxpayers in the most tax-expensive states, for instance, pay three times more than those in the cheapest states.

WalletHub searched for answers by comparing state and local tax rates in the 50 states and District of Columbia against national medians. They calculated relative income-tax obligations by applying the effective income-tax rates in each state and locality to the average American’s income.

“Every year Illinois politicians and their buddies in the media declare that Illinois is a ‘low tax state.’ Study after study proves they are wrong,” said Jim Tobin, economist and president of Taxpayers United of Illinois (TUA).

“Fortunately, Illinois taxpayers have caught on to the lies and have declared war on the tax-and-spend politicians. TUA worked with leaders of local taxpayer groups, and the last attempt to raise taxes by Ill. Gov. Jay Robert ‘J. B.’ Pritzker and his democrat accomplices in the general assembly was crushed at the polls.”

“I should add that Pritzker’s approval rating has dropped from 48% to 40%, and that he has not announced whether or not he will run for governor again.”

Source: States with the Highest & Lowest Tax Rates (wallethub.com)

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Warren TWP HSD 121 (WTHS) wants to raise taxes during a pandemic! The school district has placed on the April 6^th ballot a referendum to increase the limiting rate on property taxes, effectively raising property taxes by $7.6 million!

“Illinois is still locked down, schools aren’t even fully open, yet the career tax-raisers at WTHS want taxpayers to fork over another $7.6 million,” said Jim Tobin, economist and president of Taxpayers United of America (TUA). “This is really hitting the taxpayers when they’re down.”

“All of the top 15 annual salaries in WTHS are greater than $136,000, and, when they retire, these teachers will collect millions from the Teachers Retirement System (TRS). And these ‘poor civil servants’ still aren’t back in the classroom. It’s unconscionable that government school administrators would expect taxpayers to subsidize these overpaid teachers with more of their hard-earned money.”

Lake County, IL ranks 18^th out of 3,143 counties for property taxes as a percentage of annual income–6.76%. Lake County’s average annual property tax of $6,285 is the highest of all Illinois counties.

“WTHS needs to sell the 100-acre parcel that they purchased in 2008 for $8 million. Proceeds from the sale would go a long way to protect the programs that the government school bureaucrats are threatening to drop if the referendum fails. They have threatened to risk students’ ability to qualify for colleges, scholarships, and succeed in life.”

“Do your jobs and get the kids back in school and do it with the revenue you have,” said Tobin. “Raising taxes just pushes more people out of the state, decreasing revenue.” “We urge everyone in District 121 to show up and VOTE NO on April 6^th. Tell the tax-raisers to balance their budgets without another money grab.”