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**oB8LI2kP** · 09-28-2010, 01:23 AM

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Mich. bill would ban welfare debit card use at ATMs in casinos

By John Wisely, USA TODAY

Welfare recipients have long been banned from using their benefits for alcohol and tobacco. Lawmakers in some states are eying another vice — gambling — a move some advocates for the poor see as unnecessary and unfair.

Michigan legislators are debating a ban on using public assistance debit cards at ATMs in casinos. In June, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, issued an executive order banning the practice. Minnesota and Arizona also ban it...

Laws such as these stigmatize people collecting benefits, said Marc Cohan, litigation director for the National Center for Law and Economic Justice.

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oB8LI2kP Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 407 Senior Member	We need a law to keep welfare scum from using their money for gambling???? http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...terstitialskip Mich. bill would ban welfare debit card use at ATMs in casinos By John Wisely, USA TODAY Welfare recipients have long been banned from using their benefits for alcohol and tobacco. Lawmakers in some states are eying another vice — gambling — a move some advocates for the poor see as unnecessary and unfair. Michigan legislators are debating a ban on using public assistance debit cards at ATMs in casinos. In June, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, issued an executive order banning the practice. Minnesota and Arizona also ban it... Laws such as these stigmatize people collecting benefits, said Marc Cohan, litigation director for the National Center for Law and Economic Justice.
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