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Each Taxpayer's Share: $770,000
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.
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.
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 $4.5 trillion in 2018.
2019 Financial State of the Cities
Read the newest report on the fiscal health of the 75 largest U.S. cities.
State Data Lab
Compare all 50 states and the 75 most populous cities using more than 300 unique data variables.
Accounting expert questions Illinois lawmakers’ claim of balanced budget
June 12, 2019
The Center Square
Illinois lawmakers have said the state budget they passed and Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted was balanced and properly contributes to public pension accounts, but an accounting watchdog said that’s misleading.
Does Illinois have a balanced budget?
June 11, 2019
Illinois Channel TV
TIA's Founder and CEO, Sheila Weinberg, sat down for an interview. She explained that despite misleading claims, the state budget is not balanced.
America’s top 10 cities swamped in debt – led by Chicago at $119,000 per taxpayer
June 10, 2019
David Stockman’s Contra Corner
Taxpayers in America's ten biggest cities face an average per taxpayer burden of $50,000 in debt incurred by the county, state and or "off-balance-sheet" transactions by city government entities.
How Connecticut’s ‘tax on the rich’ ended in middle-class tax hikes, lost jobs and more poverty
June 12, 2019
Illinois Policy Institute
While Connecticut lawmakers sold the progressive tax as a way to provide middle-class tax relief and reduce property taxes, neither occurred.
Four lessons from the latest Social Security trustees' report
June 12, 2019
Manhattan Institute
The Social Security trustees issued their annual report on the program’s financial condition earlier this year, along with their companion report on Medicare. As in previous years, these reports contain sobering news that lawmakers and the public need to know.
Medillin judge grants pension to polyamorous husbands
June 5, 2019
Columbia Reports
A court in Medillin, Colombia’s second largest city, has granted two husbands of a polyamorous relationship the split pension of their late partner, local media reported on Monday.
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