Yes what you are referring to is TANF - temp assistance for needy families.
A station here in Indy got an electronic file of where Indiana TANF card swipes were made. Vegas, Disney (Fl and Ca), Hawaii, Nevada brothels, yadda yadda.
Yes, I aware of that. My point is that there is more than one type of benefit on the EBT card, and many people are totally unaware of that.
The abuses of what is now called TANF funds is just more obvious because it can be electronically tracked - but anyone who doesn’t think welfare checks went to those type things in the past needs their head examined.