"In its zeal to promote an industry whose products have sent Chicago kids to the hospital in frightening conditions that could be likened to overdoses, the Johnson administration is effectively seeking to give a business with few redeeming aspects a veneer of legitimacy, accompanied by promises that the city will outlaw the sale of intoxicating gummies and the like to those younger than 21. ... How reassuring. There are a grand total of two city inspectors who make sure retailers aren’t selling smokes to kids, we learned during the hearing, and the state of Illinois pays for both of them."
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
“Let’s set up a new bureaucracy to regulate an industry that makes Chicagoans even more stupid and violent. ”
What could go wrong?
And these are only the “legal” sales! Thanks Illinois Democrats. You did this!
Who said Chicago still isn’t a bustling epicenter of business?