Stories by Jim Tobin, Taxpayers United of America on Madison - St. Clair Record

Ten years ago, Taxpayers United of America (TUA) and its Wisconsin affiliates held a news conference at the capitol building in Madison supporting the Budget Repair Bill known as "2011 Wisconsin Act 10."

In an historic victory for taxpayers, Gov. JB Pritzker’s income theft amendment, the proposed change in the Illinois Constitution to usher in a graduated income tax, was defeated.

Joe Biden (D) is the proverbial crazy uncle families keep in the attic, away from view. Now he has been unleashed by the Democrat Party as the presumptive presidential candidate, and his economic agenda is truly frightening.

Illinois Governor Jay Robert “J.B.” Pritzker on June 22 announced from the economic rubble of his once prosperous state, that he would move forward with “phase 4” of his soviet style lockdown.

Government pensions affect every taxpayer in Illinois. Now Gov. JB Pritzker’s pension madness threatens to reach across the state and ravage taxpayers with the most insidious effect of Covid-19: theft of taxpayer wealth.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's lockdown hits one demographic harder than any other in Illinois: Taxpayers.

Governor Pritzker is killing the Illinois economy. On March 25, Pritzker announced he was considering extending the statewide lockdown, and the continued closure of all businesses he deemed non-essential.

The huge amount of money planned to fight the coronavirus in the U.S., currently reported to be as much as $2 trillion, may not only be unnecessary, but could cripple the U.S. economy for decades.