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Each Taxpayer's Share: $779,000
NEW Financial State of Chicago
New report on the Financial State of Chicago finds that the city's financial condition worsened by $2 billion compared to the previous year.
Bill's Blog
Bill Bergman serves as TIA's Director of Research. He is responsible for managing TIA's federal project and State Data Lab's data base. Bergman spent 13 years as an economist and policy analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
City Combined Taxpayer Burden Report 2019
Truth in Accounting's new analysis of the 10 largest U.S. cities that includes their underlying government units.
Financial State of the Union
Read our newest report on the Financial State of the Union, which found that the financial condition of the U.S. government worsened by $3.9 trillion in 2018.
State Data Lab
Choose between more than 650 data variables, including demographic, economic and financial at the federal, state, and city level to create your own chart.
Governor Pritzker laying groundwork for change to progressive tax
September 18, 2019
WKEI-FM Talk Radio (Illinois)
We may be a year away from voting on a potential change from a Flat Tax to a Progressive tax in the state of Illinois but some experts believe Governor J.B Pritzker is already laying the groundwork to accomodate the change in tax collection.
Fiscal chaos looms, so it’s time for difficult measures
September 16, 2019
Daily Chronicle
The only way for Illinois to avoid a fiscal apocalypse is to create a powerful, independent board that would administer bitter budget medicine.
Going to the mattresses with manipulator Mendoza
September 12, 2019
The News-Gazette (Illinois)
Wow — calling the lying swine in state Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s office lying swine really got their back up.
Illinois’ lawsuit-friendly environment worst in U.S., corporate litigators say
September 19, 2019
The Center Square - Illinois
A poll of business attorneys across the nation found that Illinois has no equal when it comes to lawsuits.
Is US Social Security going bankrupt?
September 18, 2019
Brink
Most Americans agree on the necessity of Social Security — the financial support system for retirees, those with disabilities and survivors of deceased beneficiaries — but they lack confidence in its future. Ninety-seven percent of the U.S. population aged 60 – 89 receives Social Security benefits, and these benefits are 90% of the income of 25% of seniors, underscoring the value of and degree to which the U.S. population relies on on the program.
Fees and risks spike at British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
September 19, 2019
Forbes
Chances are your pension is lying about how much money it pays investment firms to manage its assets. It’s paying exponentially more—perhaps ten times more—than it’s telling you.
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