Mission Possible Fully funding Illinois’s state pensions while respecting hardworking taxpayers
Whether you are a public employee worried about how your pension is
going to be funded or an Illinois taxpayer concerned you will have to
pay even higher taxes to fund pensions, we have a solution that will
put your mind at ease. Read the full report here.
Contracting for Success An introduction to school service privatization
The new report reviews current levels of privatization in Illinois’s public schools
and provides helpful advice to state and local policymakers. Many districts have found that contracting out certain services has been an effective cost-cutting technique, while maintaining or improving the quality of service. Read the report here.
Capping Our Prosperity Why cap and trade is wrong for Illinois
By driving up the cost of energy, people will use less of it, reducing
economic activity at home and at every level of commerce and travel.
Such legislation would catastrophically weaken the economy of Illinois
and the nation as a whole.
Do you know how much money your government is spending on hot sauce?
The Illinois Policy Institute’s new website, IllinoisOpenGov.org,
gives Illinois taxpayers a tool that allows them to look at the details
of state spending down to the agency, person and penny. Learn more here.
Adding Insult to Injury
Nationalized health care will cost Illinois 169,000 jobs, $4,418 per person, and shrink the state economy by 5.1 percent.