"Remember, it's welfare, electronic welfare. They give you money for doing nothing," KFI's Tim Conway Jr. blared. He was trying to rouse the ire of folks "who drive two hours each day to jobs they hate, while the EBTers" are lounging around, living large.
...I understand why the politicians jumped. It's a chance to blast waste, attack the bureaucrats and channel voter anger away from themselves. But I hope the revelations don't put a bull's-eye on welfare.
It would be a shame to toss struggling families overboard in a state where the safety net already is down to little more than a few flimsy strings.
That’s why they shouldn’t get money. If they’re hungry, give them food.
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Given that welfare is a gummit program, it is run with all the competence and care of your typical DMV. The result being things like this. Banning use of bennie cash withdrawals at casino ATMs will only get them using it at banks and taking the cash to the casinos; it is like trying to wrap jello in string. Groceries can be re-sold. Ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
As an aside, there is oodles of private charity still out there, but it typically doesn’t get the limelight.
Behind every EBT card, is a casino boarding pass.
“What’s in your wallet?”
“Other people’s money..”
NY welfare families used $140million stimulus intended for school supplies to buy beer and cigarettes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlKWLqXhvDA
It looks like vouchers for milk and free cheese again.