I’m So Proud: California Gambling & Welfare Edition
06/24/2010
California often gives me reasons to be proud, but this one may be a contender for the upper echelon of awesome:
California welfare cards can be used in many casino ATMs
Times review finds that in more than half of the state’s casinos and gaming rooms, welfare recipients can get cash from state-issued EBT cards. Officials say they’re moving to block such transactions.
This reminds me a little bit of stories I’ve always heard about students at BYU using their “Dining Plus” cards for basically anything they wanted on campus.
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Thank you for this video. $10/day seems a little low though, especially for guys.
You’ll also love this Scott: Transit officials question casino trips
LOVE IT! LOVE. IT.
“If you want to go to the casino, why not?” Stothers said. “Who is to make that kind of moral judgment about whether that kind of trip is valid or not?”
Me. I’ll do it.
Really, if the taxpayers can pay $200 so a disabled person can go to the casino, why can’t that disabled person use an EBT card to get cash there? Who is to make that kind of moral judgment about whether that cash withdrawal is valid or not?
I dream of a world where all cash withdrawals, no matter the format or the mode of transportation used to reach an ATM, are treated equally.
I also dream of a world in which I can make a living driving 1-2 people back and forth between their homes and a casino.