{"id":268603,"date":"2013-02-04T10:38:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T16:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicekicks.com\/?p=268603"},"modified":"2017-07-12T05:01:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T09:01:20","slug":"illinois-lawmaker-proposes-tax-on-sneakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/illinois-lawmaker-proposes-tax-on-sneakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Lawmaker Proposes Tax on Sneakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As if resale prices weren&#8217;t enough,?Illinois State Representative Will Davis is proposing a special tax on sneakers. The tax, set at $0.25 cents per pair of athletic shoes, would be used to fund the state&#8217;s??Youth Build Support Fund? which is administered by the?Illinois Department of Human Services. Officially titled?House Bill 978, the bill should be addressed in the coming days in the Illinois legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Source:?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/gym-shoe-tax-proposed-by-illinois-lawmaker\" target=\"_blank\">Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if resale prices weren&#8217;t enough,?Illinois State Representative Will Davis is proposing a special tax on sneakers. 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