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| Gov. Schwarzenegger halts use of welfare debit cards at casinos |
| 2010-06-26 |
| Why stop there? Cancel their welfare if they make a transaction involving a casino, liquor store, lottery, strip club, restaurant or anything else that doesn't have to do with basic needs. And if diapers aren't allowed, then neither should TV dinners or organic salmon. Spurred by a newspaper's report that California's welfare debit cards can be used to withdraw cash in more than half the casinos in the state, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday issued an immediate ban on state-provided cash assistance at ATMs in gambling establishments. The Los Angeles Times disclosed that Electronic Benefit Transfer cards work in automated teller machines at 32 of 58 tribal casinos and 47 of 90 state-licensed poker rooms. The report also found the state Department of Social Services published a list of useable ATMs where the EBT cards that work like debit cards could be cashed. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #6 IF they use the cards to buy chips, is that concidered an allowable basic foodstuff? |
| Posted by: Flapper Scourge of the Algonquins4926 2010-06-26 13:15 |
| #5 Do you really think that the people getting these cards would act responsible? I don't think this is the only fraud going on. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-06-26 12:16 |
| #4 He also directed the state department to provide an action plan to root out waste, fraud and abuse in CalWORKs. Besoeker's plan: Cancel the cards and tell them to get off thier lazy asses and find a job. Next problem please. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-06-26 11:36 |
| #3 At least let them buy lottery tickets, so that some of their money goes back into education... /sarc |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-06-26 10:59 |
| #2 This is ridiculous. How else are they supposed to win back the money they lost? |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2010-06-26 10:06 |
| #1 So did the cards buy booze, cigs, lottery tickets and whores too? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-06-26 09:52 |