Illinois Tollway Trolls Raking in Lavish Salaries and Pensions

Click here to view the Illinois Tollway Top 100 Salaries and Estimated Pensions.
“Almost doubling cash tolls on the Illinois Tollway system cannot be justified under any circumstances,” testified Christina Tobin, Vice President of Taxpayers United of Illinois (TUA), speaking at the tollway public hearing held in Schaumburg on Tuesday. “While we suffer through the worst recession since the Great Depression, drivers will pay more to funnel cash into the pockets of well-connected contractors, big engineering companies, and excessive salaries and benefits of Tollway administrators.” Read more

Lavish, Gold-Plated Pensions Making Millionaires of Kansas City & Jackson County Teachers and MO Government Employees

Click here to view Jackson County’s top government teacher salaries and estimated pensions.
Click here to view MO’s top government pensions.
KANSAS CITY–A report released today by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that Kansas City & Jackson County teachers are not only receiving very generous salaries but that the estimated pension payments of the teachers and MO government employees in many cases are larger than some salaries in the private sector. Furthermore, over a normal lifetime, many of these government employees, when retired, have become pension millionaires.
The State of Missouri refuses to release information on teacher pensions, resulting in their being estimated. Other government pensions are available with FOIA requests. Read more

Lavish, Gold-Plated Pensions Making Millionaires of Springfield & Greene County Teachers and MO Government Employees

Click here to view Greene County’s top government teacher salaries and estimated pensions.

Click here to view MO’s top government salaries and estimated pensions.

SPRINGFIELD–A report released today by Taxpayers United of America (TUA) reveals that Springfield & Greene County Teachers are not only receiving very generous salaries but that the estimated pension payments of the teachers and MO government employees in many cases are larger than some salaries in the private sector. Furthermore, over a normal lifetime, many of these government employees, when retired, have become pension millionaires.
The State of Missouri refuses to release information on teacher pensions, resulting in their being estimated. Other government pensions are available with FOIA requests. Read more