[kingu]

"It doesn't say anything on the card other than alcohol, tobacco and firearms cannot be purchased with it," the store employee told me. "There's nothing legally that prevents us from taking it, unfortunately. Other than morally, it's wrong."

For some reason, I think one could stand outside the Astrodome with $1000 in cash and buy one of these cards fully loaded.

What seriously bothers me about this story is that they accepted the cards. They call it morally wrong, but they accepted the cards. But what tickles the back of my neck is the nagging wonder if this story is real, or just another urban legend in the budding.

I've grown accustomed to questioning any story these days.

[NickatNite2003]

You know, my problem with these cards is not
the money, but the fact that they are so
easy to steal/rob/mug away from their recpients.

I find the mental picture of thousands of [eople.
walking around with 2 grand in their pockets,
akin to wearing signs that say "Rob Me!".

...And in a city whose remaining population, has
a large contingent of armed looters, guarding
their booties.

[Gritty]

"It doesn't say anything on the card other than alcohol, tobacco and firearms cannot be purchased with it," the store employee told me...

I'm pleased to see my hard-earned tax dollars went to buy some lucky lady a Louis Vuitton handbag for her next European vacation.

I would have been pretty upset if it were spent on something useless and evil, like a firearm.