A tax on burner phones and prepaid calling cards has been shot down in Springfield. In his proposed $17.3 billion budget, Mayor Brandon Johnson had counted on that tax to bring in $40 million next year.
Here is the Mayor’s crack Springfield lobbying operation at work. Anyone in Springfield will tell you the tax was a slam dunk for anyone who knew how to pass a bill. But not this clown crew from the Fifth Floor.
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.
Here is the Mayor’s crack Springfield lobbying operation at work. Anyone in Springfield will tell you the tax was a slam dunk for anyone who knew how to pass a bill. But not this clown crew from the Fifth Floor.