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Kansas wants to ban welfare recipients from seeing movies
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:18 pm
...and going swimming on Government’s dime
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Meanwhile in Louisiana they have people buying throwbacks and flatbills with their cards.
I searched BTW so if Germans take it up with Chicken.
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There’s nothing fun about being on welfare, and a new Kansas bill aims to keep it that way.
If House Bill 2258 is signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback (R) this week, Kansas families receiving government assistance will no longer be able to use those funds to visit swimming pools, see movies, go gambling or get tattoos on the state’s dime.
Those are just a few of the restrictions contained within the measure that promises to tighten regulations on how poor families spend their government aid.
State Sen. Michael O’Donnell, a Wichita Republican who has advocated for the bill, said the legislation is designed to pressure those receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families to spend “more responsibly.”
“We’re trying to make sure those benefits are used the way they were intended,” O’Donnell, vice chair of the state senate’s standing committee on public health and welfare, told the Topeka Capital-Journal. “This is about prosperity. This is about having a great life.”
That, according to the legislation, means limiting spending on body piercings, massages, spas, tobacco, nail salons, lingerie, arcades, cruise ships or visits to psychics.
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Meanwhile in Louisiana they have people buying throwbacks and flatbills with their cards.
I searched BTW so if Germans take it up with Chicken.
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Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:19 pm to stout
Damn I need to move back there
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:20 pm to stout
Will never pass obviously but I like where their heads are
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:20 pm to stout
Really hope this becomes law 
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:21 pm to stout
quote:gotta keep those skreets looking fly.
in Louisiana they have people buying throwbacks and flatbills with their cards.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:21 pm to stout
Seems reasonable.
I mean it is the taxpayer money, the taxpayer should have some say on what it should be spent on.
Some in my family would say that it should also include regulations on what brands of food/goods they buy.
I mean it is the taxpayer money, the taxpayer should have some say on what it should be spent on.
Some in my family would say that it should also include regulations on what brands of food/goods they buy.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:21 pm to The Eric
I think it's reasonable to say they can only buy store brands or whatever is cheapest
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:21 pm to stout
what about culture?
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:23 pm to stout
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Kansas families receiving government assistance will no longer be able to use those funds to visit swimming pools, see movies
Eh....
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go gambling or get tattoos on the state’s dime.
This needs to happen, and it's a damn shame it hasn't happened already.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:23 pm to stout
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and going swimming
What you talking about Willis?
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:24 pm to stout
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:25 pm to stout
TANF money can be accessed by using the ATM and getting cash so this legislation won't really do much to stop people from spending the money how they want to.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:25 pm to stout
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If House Bill 2258 is signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback (R) this week, Kansas families receiving government assistance will no longer be able to use those funds to visit swimming pools, see movies, go gambling or get tattoos on the state’s
Is this really a thing? It wouldn't surprise me if so, I went to the Lauberge a few weeks ago and saw this cow of a woman-it would surprise me greatly if she had a job- lose $1,300 in about 15 minutes playing Mississippi Stud.
This post was edited on 4/7/15 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:26 pm to The Eric
I agree, a woman in front of me the other day bought a redbull with her lapurchase card and a bunch of easter candy. I said she cant get that and guess what put in pin and walked out the door. BS.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:28 pm to stout
This needs to be federal.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:28 pm to iAmBatman
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TANF money can be accessed by using the ATM
They also want to limit that to $25 per day at the ATM
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. The bill — which limits TANF recipients from withdrawing more than $25 per day from ATMs — also forbids recipients from spending money at a:
…theme park, dog or horse racing facility, parimutuel facility, or sexually oriented business or any retail establishment which provides adult-oriented entertainment in which performers disrobe or perform in an unclothed state for entertainment, or in any business or retail establishment where minors under age 18 are not permitted.
This post was edited on 4/7/15 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:29 pm to 99DSTJ
quote:Obviously you don't understand what you can/cannot buy with that card.
a woman in front of me the other day bought a redbull with her lapurchase card and a bunch of easter candy. I said she cant get that and guess what put in pin and walked out the door. BS.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:29 pm to 99DSTJ
But it isn't an unlimited amount of cash. Once they spend it, it is gone. We shouldn't care how they blow the money.
This post was edited on 4/7/15 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:30 pm to stout
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welfare recipients
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going swimming
does not compute, amirite?
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:30 pm to stout
Need to drug test and put women on birth control too.
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