July 1 is the start of a one-year suspension in the state’s 1% grocery tax. It is also the start of a six-month delay in the next automatic inflation adjustment to the state gas tax. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has mandated grocers and gas station owners both advertise his election-year “relief.” But only the station owners face criminal penalties – $500-a-day fines that would tally $65,000 if a retailer refused to comply between July 1 and Election Day.
If the gas stations are forced to comply to put up stickers then they should put up signs for Bailey saying if elected he will reduce the gas tax or at least put up Bailey signs on their property. Someone should ask Bailey if elected will he lower gas taxes and plates fees.
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.
The courts got this one wrong.
If the gas stations are forced to comply to put up stickers then they should put up signs for Bailey saying if elected he will reduce the gas tax or at least put up Bailey signs on their property. Someone should ask Bailey if elected will he lower gas taxes and plates fees.