$17 Million in Taxpayer Dollars (UPDATES)

What's that giant flushing sound coming from JB the Hutt's toilet-less mansion?

• Millions of masks purchased by the State of Illinois from China may not be useable by those on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, after multiple states recalled similar equipment Thursday.
  
  Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has been scouring the world for gowns, gloves and masks to protect medical workers and first responders across the state from COVID-19.
  
  That includes many KN95 masks bought from China, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said earlier this month was an acceptable alternative to the United States approved N95 masks. State spending records reveal Illinois has already spent nearly $17 million buying the KN95 masks.
  
  But now, officials in Missouri are recalling thousands of KN95 masks after testing by the state’s Department of Health and Senior Services over the weekend found some did not meet their standards, according to director Sandy Kartsen.

Who would buy anything from China, seeing as how they've been lying about the virus origins from Day One and continue to cover up the numbers of infected and dead, not to mention, are ground-zero for just about every counterfeit product that is on the market today - purses, software, and yes, medical supplies.

These came with a money-back guarantee, right?

UPDATE: Did JB the Hutt ever take Hart Schaffner and Marx up on their offer to make a quarter-million face masks per week? Local company, hundreds of machines, trained workers....opens up the Illinois economy a tiny bit.

UPDATE: Looks like HSN is making masks after almost three weeks wasted.....and $17 million in taxpayer money that could have been spent locally. And they're operating at one-sixth of full capacity - we suppose that's going to be the President's fault somewhere down the line.