Gov. Snyder blocks Welfare Card use at certain ATMs

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Gov. Snyder blocks Bridge Card use at certain ATMs
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed laws to block welfare recipients from withdrawing their taxpayer-provided cash from ATMs in liquor stores, horse tracks and strip clubs

LANSING — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed laws to block welfare recipients from withdrawing their taxpayer-provided cash from ATMs in liquor stores, horse tracks and strip clubs.

The laws signed Wednesday are similar to a state law enacted last year for casino ATMs.

Under federal law, states that don’t restrict welfare recipients’ ability to conduct electronic transfers at liquor stores, casinos or adult entertainment establishments could lose up to 5 percent of their federal welfare funding.

The six bills were sponsored by Republican Sen. Rick Jones of Grand Ledge along with Republican Reps. Margaret O’Brien of Portage and Dale Zorn of Ida.

 

[Type Username Here]

Don't see a problem with this from an initial point of view.

 

[blockburna420]

what ever happened with the drug testing they were talking about implementing?

 

[Type Username Here]

what ever happened with the drug testing they were talking about implementing?

Someone suggested that if they tested welfare recipients, they should also randomly drug test politicians. You never heard of it again.

 

[ghostwriterx]

How much will this cost? Is it big enough of an issue to justify this measure? Doubt it.

 

[ltheghost]

What a fukking waste of time. So now they just will have to go to other ATM's around the corner. Man, give a damn break. What is the deal with caring about what poor people spend their money on!?!? They are going to get welfare anyway, why would I care if they made it rain in the strip club or got a beer! It's called WELFARE, not "I'm giving you money but this how you should use it". I'm so sick and tired of these bureaucrats wasting their time on this shyt when they should be working hard as hell to get jobs back to MI. Picking on poor people is not going help the damn economy. And isn't this an attack on American businesses!?! What about those liquor stores that rely on these poor people coming to the store and buying from them or using their ATM machine? Poor people are not the scum of the Earth and I'm just tired of people treating them like second class citizens or sometimes not even human. fukk Snyder and everything he loves.

 

[the cac mamba]

What a fukking waste of time. So now they just will have to go to other ATM's around the corner. Man, give a damn break. What is the deal with caring about what poor people spend their money on!?!? They are going to get welfare anyway, why would I care if they made it rain in the strip club or got a beer! It's called WELFARE, not "I'm giving you money but this how you should use it". I'm so sick and tired of these bureaucrats wasting their time on this shyt when they should be working hard as hell to get jobs back to MI. Picking on poor people is not going help the damn economy. And isn't this an attack on American businesses!?! What about those liquor stores that rely on these poor people coming to the store and buying from them or using their ATM machine? Poor people are not the scum of the Earth and I'm just tired of people treating them like second class citizens or sometimes not even human. fukk Snyder and everything he loves.

as much as i wanna cosign this, i cant. because in no fukkin way shape or form can you justify ppl spending governemnt money on that shyt

 

[ltheghost]

as much as i wanna cosign this, i cant. because in no fukkin way shape or form can you justify ppl spending governemnt money on that shyt

But see that's the thing....They don't even know if people are going in there and pay for any service at all. There are plenty liquor stores in poor neighborhoods and some people may use their ATMs and nothing else. They passed this bullshyt, just in case. And in Michigan, who cares what poor people spend their money on because of the employment problems in the state. There are other laws he could have passed but fukking with poor people with NO evidence of misuse is on his priority list. Michigan is starting to turn into Mississippi of the North.

edit...I see they posted some bullshyt about people using the money in the casinos...but who the fukk cares. I don't like laws that inconvience the lives of poor people. It's these moral laws that have no business in government.

 

[the cac mamba]

But see that's the thing....They don't even know if people are going in there and pay for any service at all. There are plenty liquor stores in poor neighborhoods and some people may use their ATMs and nothing else. They passed this bullshyt, just in case. And in Michigan, who cares what poor people spend their money on because of the employment problems in the state. There are other laws he could have passed but fukking with poor people with NO evidence of misuse is on his priority list. Michigan is starting to turn into Mississippi of the North.

i fukkin care, breh . i pay taxes

i mean if we wana point to misspending, im the first motherfukker who'll tell you that im all in favor of cutting this disgusting military complex in order to feed more kids, house more vets, keep schools open. but in the meantime, fukk spending welfare money on bullshyt and i have NO problem regulatin it. or attempting to regulate it

 

[ltheghost]

i fukkin care, breh . i pay taxes

i mean if we wana point to misspending, im the first motherfukker who'll tell you that im all in favor of cutting this disgusting military complex in order to feed more kids, house more vets, keep schools open. but in the meantime, fukk spending welfare money on bullshyt and i have NO problem regulatin it. or attempting to regulate it

Lets say for instance, they are going to strip clubs and liquor stores to spend their money...lol Now, that this law has passed, these businesses will lose out on the revenue. A strip club goes out of business..then the local liquor store goes out of business. These are American businesses that affected by the laws of the moral right. This law is anti-business and anti-American! But you see they aren't messing with military spending..but would rather fukk with the poor.

 

[the cac mamba]

Lets say for instance, they are going to strip clubs and liquor stores to spend their money...lol Now, that this law has passed, these businesses will lose out on the revenue. A strip club goes out of business..then the local liquor store goes out of business. These are American businesses that affected by the laws of the moral right. This law is anti-business and anti-American! But you see they aren't messing with military spending..but would rather fukk with the poor.

what fukking liquor store or strip club is goin outta business because ppl arent spendin welfare money there



and let me reiterate that there are way bigger criminals getting tax money. but that doesnt mean that welfare misappropiraiton is justifiable

 

[ltheghost]

what fukking liquor store or strip club is goin outta business because ppl arent spendin welfare money there

LOL you would be surprised to see how much revenue those liquor stores make off the welfare dollars. I'm not saying they would go out of business, but they will lose out on some revenue. And in the hood some liquor stores aren't just selling liquor, so I don't know which stores they are going to classify as Non ATM use stores.

 

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What a fukking waste of time. So now they just will have to go to other ATM's around the corner. Man, give a damn break. What is the deal with caring about what poor people spend their money on!?!? They are going to get welfare anyway, why would I care if they made it rain in the strip club or got a beer! It's called WELFARE, not "I'm giving you money but this how you should use it". .

Most of the European countries, with much broader and large welfare programs, already have laws like this on the books. It works.

 

[the cac mamba]

LOL you would be surprised to see how much revenue those liquor stores make off the welfare dollars.

well then you're gonna be hard pressed to convince me to sympathize for this business

 

[ltheghost]

well then you're gonna be hard pressed to convince me to sympathize for this business

You hate liquor stores and hard working college girls!!!! lol But seriously...why don't they ban the atms at the bar or at the mall...poor people don't need to be at the atm at the bar either. Or in the mall buying shyt outta there...this is just a selective law against businesses Synder doesn't like.