As Expected

We and many others predicted this after they legalized weed:

• State lawmakers plan to introduce legislation this week that would make Illinois the first state to fully decriminalize sex work.

  Equality Illinois and the Sex Worker Advisory Group, a coalition of Black and Brown current and former sex workers, have spent more than three years advocating for this bill, which aims to reduce threats of violence and create safer conditions for sex workers.

  “For over 20 years, I worked as a sex worker here in the city of Chicago, and for over 20 years lived under the fear and threat of violence,” said Reyna Ortiz, chair of the Sex Worker Advisory Group. “By passing this legislation, we will make Illinois a safer place for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.”

So the political whores will make it easier for the other ::ahem:: sex workers to be licensed, regulated and of course, taxed.

Weed was supposed to save Illinois, except the political whores merely diverted weed money into the general funds and took a not-quite-equal amount out to spend on other pet projects instead of actually paying down outstanding bills, furthering the deficit and debt that taxpayers will be shafted with.