Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 06/25/2010 5:30:18 PM PDT by Justaham
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.
That list included the addresses of two Coachella Valley casinos — Spotlight 29 Casino, 46-200 Harrison St., Coachella, and Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, 49-500 Seminole Drive, Cabazon.
“I will use every available power I have to protect taxpayers from waste, fraud and abuse in government,'' Schwarzenegger said.
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Yeah, I'm a part-time OH resident, and I thought that ballot initiative was ridiculous. It essentially codified (in the Constitution, no less) a private enterprise monopoly. There had to be some SERIOUS kick-backs paid to get passed.
Sounds like a minor inconvenience, at best, for a determined gambler.
Ensuring that they will stay on welfare. I wonder if the signs about the new policy will have to be printed in English and Illegal.
Too many years of roid abuse...
Well you surely don’t expect them to be looking for work
or attending classes to enhance their jobs skills do you?
Harrumph! Harrumph!
They just will get cash back and go buy booze, cigs and lottery tickets like they do in Memphis, Tennessee.
Well yeah, but I suppose that’s asking for too much.
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