Money walks
Nine states with the highest personal income tax rates lost $90.05 billion in taxable income between 2000 and 2010.
4 ways to break out of Illinois’ pension trap
Causes, costs, how to set the state free
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Nine states with the highest personal income tax rates lost $90.05 billion in adjusted gross income between 2000 and 2010
When people don’t like the direction in which their state is headed, they often vote with their feet. That’s precisely what Illinoisans did during the last decade, and they took their income with them. Illinois netted a loss of more $20 billion to other states through the out-migration of its residents from 2000-2010, according to...
Power to the parents: using parent trigger laws to change educational outcomes
As Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union continue to argue about the reasons for the district’s recent school closings, one thing is clear – parents have largely been excluded from the conversation. But they don’t have to be – a new law appearing in seven states across the country, if adopted in Illinois, would...
Cleveland teachers’ contract: It’s better than the one we got
by Paul Kersey In my last post, I called attention to the contract between the Cleveland Teachers Union (an affiliate of the American Federation, just like the union that represents Chicago teachers) and the Cleveland Municipal School District. The union and the district both deserve credit for releasing their contract to the media just two days after reaching...
Buyer’s remorse: ObamaCare tax will slam union workers
Obamacare imposes a new 40 percent excise tax on high cost or “Cadillac” health insurance plans, effective in 2018.
The battle for Right to Work is a marathon, not a sprint
Labor unions have a virtual lock on Illinois politics. Unionized government delivers services ever-less efficiently in rough proportion to its ever-increasing size.
Will swing states pressure the presidential candidates for a pension bailout?
Will a few important swing states like Ohio and Colorado put pressure on the candidates to bail them out of their pension debt?
Why the No Pension Bailout project matters
The goal of No Pension Bailout is to prevent the federal government from bailing out Illinois or any other states that have mismanaged their funds. We oppose a bailout because not only would it destroy state sovereignty and the concept of fiscal federalism once and for all, it would also transfer trillions of dollars from...
Institute in The Wall Street Journal: Illinois blows smoke at taxpayers
The Institute's John Tillman was referenced in this opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal
Our reaction to Gov. Walker’s victory in Wisconsin
As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker emerges victorious from a union-backed recall campaign, it is time to step back and look at the larger picture.
