This is immoral as well as unconstitutional.
It is also a major fraud. The working American taxpayer will voluntarily pay for subsistence support but no more. Welfare will have to be means tested sooner or later for a number of reasons.
1. Telephone service can be justified as a safety issue, but not to the tune of 250 minutes a month. An emergency call takes 2 minutes, double that and assume 10 emergency calls a month, because the all of the "free money crowd" belongs to the "Joe Btfsplk" Clan. Total allowed minutes, 50. Limit all calls to emergency and medical numbers.
2. Have welfare recipients provide statements under oath that they don't have sufficient wealth to provide the basic necessities, food, energy, clothing, medical care. Fraudulent statements forfeit funds for three months. All expenses are limited to the most basic and economical forms.No more big screen TVs, MP3 players, videogames, $200 sports shoes, $400 sports jackets, Escalade SUVs, bling and custom wheels for cars, visits to casinos, lottery tickets, pro sports tickets, etc.
No prepared foods, cigarettes or restaurant visits; if they can't be bothered actually to cook their own meals like the rest of us under financial stress, they can starve. Buying large amounts of anything for resale to fund drug use forfeits benefits for 3 months.
3. Free pest control when requested or needed. Providers must be approved and supervised by agencies independedt of the welfare providing agencies.
I may have missed a few other necessities and forms of abuses, feel fee to add to the list.
I would welcome adult discussions arguing cogently why this list is unreasonable.
Knock yourself out.
Alcoholic beverages should be added to your list.