On Apr 24, 12:59*pm, walt tonne > wrote:
> On Apr 23, 11:41*pm, "GeorgeWashingtonFan"
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> > Welfare checks can be used to buy alcohol and cigarettes in California
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> > * * *"Senator Dutton also explained that more
> > * * * than half of welfare beneficiaries are
> > * * * parents who are no longer eligible for
> > * * * state aid, but still receive cash assistance
> > * * * on behalf of their anchor baby children."
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> > By Kimberly Dvorak
> > San Diego County Political Buzz Examiner
> > April 19th, 2011
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> > On a straight party-line vote California lawmakers gave the green light
> > for welfare recipients to purchase alcohol and tobacco products using
> > taxpayer money. The insanity in the Golden State continues despite the
> > state’s $23 billion deficit and double-digit unemployment.


Tobacco and booze sales generate huge amounts of revenue for the
state. Since right wingers demand trillions in government handouts for
their beloved millionaires and corporations but scream like banchees
at any suggestion that their welfare has to be paid for, governments
have to figure out other ways to raise revenues.